Obstruction -- always a base award ??

[greymule]

Yes, I think that tradition does exist, and that's why I posed the question. Everyone seemed to agree that there was an infraction, that technically the runner was entitled to 3B. Some said to call it, some said no call but warn the fielder, some said ignore it and nobody will give you much heat, some said they'd have to see it.

If we make an analogy to football, if a back has run 50 yards downfield and is about to score, do we call holding that occurs back at the line of scrimmage? How about a clip 30 yards back? How serious does the personal foul have to be before we negate the touchdown?

(For all I know, football rules already cover these situtations!)

I think we all know that if you called everything exactly by the book, you'd have two teams and a lot of fans all over you. In general, you call what everybody expects you to call.