obstruction Fed vs ASA

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by mashie59

My very frank opinion on this is that if the first baseman .... in a lot of cases is obstructing the path of the runner without yet having the ball ... then I tell my player to speed up and barrel right through that player. In a game we had the other night .... the first baseman got the feathers knocked out of him by my player. I explicitly instructed him to run right through this first baseman if he was in his way without the ball. I talked with the umpire between innings and he agreed.

And my very frank is that if you're the coach, I'm tossing both the runner and you from the game.