the "bump" at first base

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Originally Posted by Tru_in_Blu

A question came up at a clinic that I thought I'd post here to get some thoughts.

We've all seen the lead-footed F3 who never seems to be able to get out of the way of the BR. And we most often call OBS when we see it.

After many bumps around 1B, batters are becoming frustrated with F3.

On a clean base hit to left field, BR is taking the path around 1B to touch the inside of the bag and make a move to 2B. While rounding, she's OBS by F3. But this time the BR pushes F3 out of the way. F3 may end up: a) taking a couple of steps to recover her balance; or b) a$$ over teakettle and on the ground.

So we have OBS to start. Do we have anything else?

Try to keep it from getting to that point. If you observe F3 not giving way to the runners, make the OBS call and after the play, instruct the player and coach that the player cannot intentionally position him/herself in/near the runner's path.

Tell the coach if the player cannot accommodate this through his/her positioning, s/he cannot play that position or may have to leave the game. And when everyone screams that you cannot do that, you can always point to (ASA) 5.4.F as an option