Contact w/defender rounding bag - OBS ?

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by wadeintothem

To me it was an obvious call and I made it and I told my partner, yes, I was essentially giving them a free shot home (he felt then the call was punitive and I agreed there was a punitive aspect to the free shot home.. but thats the way it is)

How is forcing the defense to make a play that shouldn't have been a problem to start being punitive?

Punitive is an automatic award of one base. Let's see, what organization does that?....hmmmm....anybody?

[wadeintothem]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

How is forcing the defense to make a play that shouldn't have been a problem to start being punitive?

Punitive is an automatic award of one base. Let's see, what organization does that?....hmmmm....anybody?

I'm in agreement with the OBS call on this.. I agree with the free shot, then I'll probably put em back.. but was kinda fishing for a thought process ... Always be willing to listen and learn, which is what I was doing.

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by wadeintothem

I'm in agreement with the OBS call on this.. I agree with the free shot, then I'll probably put em back.. but was kinda fishing for a thought process ... Always be willing to listen and learn, which is what I was doing.

Here's the way I would answer your partner's view: the runner was obviously impeded, and it doesn't matter if the runners was impeded in the runner's intent to advance one more step or 60'; the runner was impeded. We don't require the runner to be making an attempt to advance to the next base, only that the runner be legally running the bases.

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by Dakota

Here's the way I would answer your partner's view: the runner was obviously impeded, and it doesn't matter if the runners was impeded in the runner's intent to advance one more step or 60'; the runner was impeded. We don't require the runner to be making an attempt to advance to the next base, only that the runner be legally running the bases.

The runner was going to where F5 was, and likely beyond, so progress was impeded to R1's desired point.