Let It Be

[7in60]

Originally Posted by DTQ_Blue

Now given the 4 feet in front of the bag location of F4, in all liklihood, if F4 had attempted to stay out of the basepath, she could have fielded the throw and still made the tag. My partner, who is one of the best, said that when the runner is esstntially dead meat (which he thoght was the case) I should just let the OBS go. I guess he was more sure than I was that the runner would have been out any way. Are there some OBS situations where I should just let it be? Comments?

I like the OBS call here. Your partner cannot know 100% that the runner was dead meat because he/she slowed down due to the OBS. By calling it you protect the runner and hopefully F4 learns to stay off the basepaths without the ball.