Video Collision/OBS

[johnnyg08]

Do we all agree that this video is an example of OBS?

[DG]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

Do we all agree that this video is an example of OBS?

Why is there a question about it, he did not have the ball, and was in the runners way.

[johnnyg08]

Originally Posted by DG

Why is there a question about it, he did not have the ball, and was in the runners way.

The wording of the rule is pretty broad as somebody else pointed out, that's why I'm asking. I've read the rule many times and I agree that it sure looked like OBS, but R3 also went right through him...that's why I'm asking about it so hopefully I don't screw it up when I have the play.

[DG]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

The wording of the rule is pretty broad as somebody else pointed out, that's why I'm asking. I've read the rule many times and I agree that it sure looked like OBS, but R3 also went right through him...that's why I'm asking about it so hopefully I don't screw it up when I have the play.

Unless you doing NCAA ball or a league doing straight OBR you will not have the problem. Call an out and eject in FED and any other league that frowns on malicious contact.

[johnnyg08]

You're right...in men's amateur baseball in Minnesota they use OBR on 1b,2b,3b and NCAA collision at home. That's the one rule set I have to worry about after mid-May regarding this type of play. In fact they had an ejection on a play very, very similar to this play in the state championship last year...the runner raised his elbow up under F2's chin from what I heard.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Yes, NFHS is different from NCAA and OBR, and this was definitely OBS in all three codes, BUT, I am of the opinion that the NFHS malicious contact rule should be adopted at the other two levels. Collisions (train wrecks if you prefer) happen in baseball, but deliberatly running over a fielder like Pete Rose and Ray Fosse is not baseball at any level. Just my two cents.

MTD, Sr.