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				Don't we all just love questions about OBS?
			 
			 
			
		
		
		
			
			One of the irritating things that my DD's coach teaches is a peculiar way of holding opposing runners on at second base.  She has the SS get directly in front (meaning right in line between the R and 3B) of the runner as they come to their stop on their leadoff.  The SS is about a foot away from the R.  SS trails the R all the way back to 2B, keeping a one foot separation.  This brings up a couple of questions in my mind. 
 
Sit 1.  As SS is trailing R back to 2B, she gets a little overzealous and bumps in to R.  R may or may not show any effects from said bump, and continues back to 2B with no play from the defense.  Would this be OBS or is it a HTBT to see the severity of the bump?  This actually happened, with no signal from BU, during a game this week. 
 
Sit 2.  As BU, you judge that OBS has occured and signal and announce it.  However, the R commits a LBR violation subsequent to the OBS and prior to the DB.  Are both penalties enforced?  This is purely a product of my imagination, but I think you guys are starting to influence me to come up with bizarre, obscure plays that will probably never happen.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
			
			
			
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
			
			
			
		 
	
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