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Opinions please.
Runner 1 on first base, 2 outs. Slow roller hit to second baseman waiting in base line to field batted ball. Second baseman does not field the ball but attempts to tag the runner. Second baseman does not have possession of the ball. The tag trips the runner. Runner gets up and continues on to second base while second baseman picks up ball and throws to shortstop who gets the force out. I ruled obstruction. Anyone "see" anything different?
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Lets try Fake Tag - Rule 1 and R/S 19.
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Was the runner running behind or in front of F4? 8-5-B-4 Quote:
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From the info provided you got it right imo.
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Sounds like a solid call to me. Don't know the condition of the runner, but if that trip caused any level of injury, F4 may be heading to the parking lot. |
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Malicious contact is unsportsmanlike behavior. |
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I think it would be a stretch to call MC in a scenario such as this. Depending upon the level of play and the game, it seems more likely to me that the defender is simply rushing to try and make the play.
I saw it twice last evening working men's SP wreck league. Both times it was at HP and both times the catcher tried to make a tag before he had the ball. And both times he was muttering to himself: "catch the ball first, dummy". That said, I do believe that OBS is the correct call in the OP. I can just envision a young JO player becoming nervous about trying to make such a play and forgetting to get the ball first. Not everyone that falls down gets hurt, and sometimes people who don't fall down at all get seriously hurt [Dan Marino?]. |
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