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In most of the situations presented, Baker made stupid decisions.
The obstruction rule is to keep the offense whole, not to provide protection for stupidity. The obstruction rule (ASA) most definitely does allow the umpire to protect other runner affected by the obstruction, but the intent is the same - keep the offense whole. Quote:
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JUST READ TOM'S POST ABOVE. HE EXPLAINED IT ALL QUITE ELOQUENTLY. Quote:
In both situation 1 and situation 2 we have Abel heading back to 3rd with Baker standing there. Now without any obstruction, if Abel makes it back to 3rd, Baked is in jeopardy. In situation 1, Abel is obstructed and subsequently tagged out before she can reacquire 3rd base, in this case, the obstruction and subsequent tagout saved Baker's butt since Abel cannot be put out at 3rd. In situation 2, even with the obstruction, Abel is able to reacquire 3rd base, so Abel was not affected by the obstruction, so in this case, I think Baker is again in jeopardy if she is tagged. That's MHO, SamC [Edited by SamNVa on Jun 18th, 2004 at 01:45 PM] |
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Since Tom, and not meaning any disrespect, has spoken,
(and I am definately not saying anyone else knows nothing of the subject) I tend to agree. Tom has written some great articles on OBS and seems to be in complete control of it and the DP/FLEX.
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