Obstruction?

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Originally Posted by wadeintothem

A) Sliding is slower than running. It is tactical, giving up speed for body position.

Correct, voluntary action.

B) That is obviously a "deviated path" to home base.

You cannot possibly make that determination from this picture alone.

C) Safe/Out has nothing to with whether there was OBS or it should be at least signalled.

Agree.

I think you are justifying you _correctly_ not calling this OBS by pretending it really isnt OBS, just "player decision".

Its player decision based on OBS, an adjustment because no one is ever going to call that obs, so try to be safe instead.

Again, a voluntary act which is not cause for an OBS call. BTW, if I remember correctly, this exact type of play was called last year in the World Cup at OKC. Runner scored and arm was dropped.