Plate Obstruction Mechanics

[scottk_61]

I have had the situation a couple of times this year with the obstruction at the plate and on the bags.
What I have done is:

Hands up; DEAD BALL
THAT'S OBSTRUCTION, RUNNER IS AWARDED .......

I don't know that this is technically correct but I sure havn't been given any grief about it.
Did have a few coaches question the OBS call but not the way we handled it.

We are more than halfway through our High School season here and the coaches are catching on to the new OBS rule implementation.
It is becoming less and less of a problem as compared to the first couple of weeks.