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Old Fri Mar 09, 2012, 03:28pm
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But I didn't see it !!!

How do you blues handle catchers obstruction?

Pitch comes, batter squares to bunt, catcher stands up.

I hear ball/bat connection , then I hear another tick. I didn't see what the tick was, but I heard it.

Would it have been okay to call catchers obstruction without seeing it ?

For the record I no called it-but now I'm thinking I should have called it.
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Old Fri Mar 09, 2012, 03:31pm
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How do you blues handle catchers obstruction?

Pitch comes, batter squares to bunt, catcher stands up.

I hear ball/bat connection , then I hear another tick. I didn't see what the tick was, but I heard it.

Would it have been okay to call catchers obstruction without seeing it ?

For the record I no called it-but now I'm thinking I should have called it.
If I didn't see it I wouldn't call it. I would hope your base umpire did and killed the play for you.
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Old Fri Mar 09, 2012, 03:35pm
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If I didn't see it I wouldn't call it. I would hope your base umpire did and killed the play for you.
I sure hope he wouldn't kill it for me, he might signal delayed dead ball for me that would be handy.....but don't kill it on catcher's obstruction.
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Old Fri Mar 09, 2012, 03:39pm
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I sure hope he wouldn't kill it for me, he might signal delayed dead ball for me that would be handy.....but don't kill it on catcher's obstruction.
I don't really believe this was CO. The PU was obstructed by the catcher. I'm thinking this is more like the ball hitting the bat again which the BU should kill. That's what I think the extra tick was.
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Old Sun Mar 11, 2012, 09:57am
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I don't really believe this was CO. The PU was obstructed by the catcher. I'm thinking this is more like the ball hitting the bat again which the BU should kill. That's what I think the extra tick was.
Pretty good for not being there!

But for the record, I have a hard time picturing catcher's obstruction on a normal bunt.
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Old Mon Mar 12, 2012, 12:24am
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A 12U F2 stands up and completely blocks your vision? Are you 4'-0", or are you not in the slot?
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How do you blues handle catchers obstruction?

Pitch comes, batter squares to bunt, catcher stands up.

I hear ball/bat connection , then I hear another tick. I didn't see what the tick was, but I heard it.

Would it have been okay to call catchers obstruction without seeing it ?

For the record I no called it-but now I'm thinking I should have called it.
What do you think happened? A double hit? A bat/glove contact followed by a bat/ball contact?

What did the players actions tell you happened?
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Old Fri Mar 09, 2012, 05:33pm
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What do you think happened? A double hit? A bat/glove contact followed by a bat/ball contact?

What did the players actions tell you happened?
I'm thinking it was glove/ bat tick....Players actions didn't help. FWIW they were 12U.
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Old Fri Mar 09, 2012, 06:44pm
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I'm thinking it was glove/ bat tick....Players actions didn't help. FWIW they were 12U.
what did the ball do?
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Old Fri Mar 09, 2012, 10:08pm
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what did the ball do?
Rolled in front of home plate about 5 feet. Everybody played on.
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Old Sat Mar 10, 2012, 09:23am
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I would say that if the bat hit the ball and then you heard another sound, then you probably wouldn't have obstruction. That's not to say that the glove couldn't still get in the way of the batter completing the hit, but if the ball is already moving forward, it's going to be quite hard to have obstruction if here another sound.
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