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Old Tue Oct 15, 2002, 08:29pm
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Anyone else see this play at 3rd Monday night? Santiago rounds 3rd base and the St. Louis F-5 gets in his way (sort of) as Santiago rounds 3rd base (he actually stepped over the base, as though he was running to the dugout). I could not see if the base coach was holding him up or waving him home, but there were 2 outs with the P coming up. I think he was going home. The announcers confused obstruction with interference, and even if they had the term correct their analysis was terrible.

Then the MLB umpire supervisor came on and tried to clear up the rule. He then stated/implied that the rule might need revising and that they needed to get an umpire on the rules committee. The rule was odd -- it seemed to revolve around whether a play actually was made on the runner. He then said the the umpire correctly left the obstructed runner at 3rd because the umpires are supposed to assume a good relay throw from the OF and a good throw by the relay man and catch by the catcher. Even if the runner was going home and it was going to be close, since there was no play made he kept Santiago at 3rd base. Very odd reasoning.
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