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Originally Posted by Maz17
And yes... you are going with the rule written in section 2.00, but if you look up 7.06 types a and b, and also MLB Manual 6.20 and 6.23 You will see why Drake enforced his call.
I AM GONNA SHOUT THIS! MLB UMPIRES, AND THAT IS WHO WE ARE CRITICIZING ON THIS POST... DO NOT, I REPEAT DO NOT GO WITH THE OBR ALONE. You can direct all the comments you want at me and say how wrong I am and how a I don't know bull. But here is the long and short of it. I sent a email to a MLB ump who was assured by Mike Port (VP of umpiring) that the call was correct by Rob Drake. So... take that video and study it, if you want to enforce things like a MLB ump.
WELL DONE ROB DRAKE!
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Well now, Maz, when we see something that
could be incorrect, and is at least worthy of discussion (like this OBS call), we will discuss it and, just maybe, throw in a little criticism if we felt a rule was misapplied or a call was missed. Doesn't matter if it's a LL, HS, college, or pro umpire. No need to shout.
And to my knowlege the criticism in this thread has been of the constructive, how do we do that better when we see it, variety.
If you're gonna go and name drop like that, tell us what the e-mail said. What was the explanation? How does MLB interpret obstruction? In the absence of the MLB Umpire Manual, which the general public cannot purchase, all I and most other umpires here have is what is written in OBR and the various commentaries on the rules, such as Evans, J/R, etc. I don't want to enforce things like an MLB umpire if I do not know the rationale behind my call.
If anyone cares, I thought is was obstruction when I saw the video, but if he passed on it I could completely understand why. I wouldn't say the umpire kicked it either way.