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Sat Apr 28, 2012, 08:33am

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Originally Posted by mbcrowder

Forcing the runner to do ANYTHING (without possession of the ball) is obstruction. You know that. If the runner has to react to you AT ALL, it's obstruction.

Mike beat me to the reply. As you have been informed, your suggestion is mistaken. The catcher did not force him to slide. The runner has several options, all of which have been enumerated, and chose the one which is illegal. The catcher did nothing illegal. End of story.

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