What do we have?

[youngump]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

C) BU should have signaled and called obstruction.

But BU did not in fact call obstruction. So should PU have called it? Even if it's right in front of his partner?

[SNIPERBBB]

Originally Posted by youngump

But BU did not in fact call obstruction. So should PU have called it? Even if it's right in front of his partner?

We don't know if the BU is there, description of the play doesnt say if BU chased or came inside.

If the former, then the PU better make the OBS call.

[MD Longhorn]

Either umpire CAN call obstuction, when they see it. That said, if my partner is right there on the play and makes no call, I'm not calling it - he has distance and angle and if he's not calling it I'm assuming he is seeing something that I could not see.

If I notice that partner is, for whatever reason, looking away from this fielder when it happens, I'm calling it.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

Either umpire CAN call obstuction, when they see it. That said, if my partner is right there on the play and makes no call, I'm not calling it - he has distance and angle and if he's not calling it I'm assuming he is seeing something that I could not see.

If I notice that partner is, for whatever reason, looking away from this fielder when it happens, I'm calling it.

More likely it is the opposite, you are seeing something your partner is not. After all, you had to see something that made you call OBS or the thought wouldn't have crossed your mind.