Does anyone have obstruction here?

[johnnyg08]

I think we've solved this issue. I'd like to ask about NCAA on this type of play.

Would we have a violation of the collision rule had R3 made contact with Wieters above the waist? Would that have to be judged as an attempt to dislodge the baseball as opposed to an attempt to reach the plate. The throw pulls F2 up the line as we all saw in the video. Please help me interpret the hypothetical scenario as it applies to NCAA.

Thank you.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

I think we've solved this issue. I'd like to ask about NCAA on this type of play.

Would we have a violation of the collision rule had R3 made contact with Wieters above the waist? Would that have to be judged as an attempt to dislodge the baseball as opposed to an attempt to reach the plate. The throw pulls F2 up the line as we all saw in the video. Please help me interpret the hypothetical scenario as it applies to NCAA.

Thank you.

"Contact above the waist" is a guideline. It was meant to (generally) apply when F2 has the ball and is standing (slightly crouched) just before the plate, as if ready to tag a standing / running R3. It wouldn't apply, for example, if F2 was kneeling on the ground having fielded a low throw (here, for example, the guideline might be "contact above the shoulders").

I've forgotten the specific play by now, but if the contact is "far" from the plate and is "chest to chest" contact above the waist, I wouldn't have a violation JUST FOR THAT CONTACT. Other actions (extending the arms, etc) might lead to the call, though.

[Stu Clary]

Thanks, guys!