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Old Fri May 18, 2012, 12:58pm
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wouldnt it be difficult to determine an award until all action has stopped?
Please ask this at your next clinic. The umpire is REQUIRED to determine the base to which the runner would have achieved absent the obstruction AT THE TIME of the obstruction. No, it's not difficult.
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try this one...a basehit to right field. batter-runner gets obstructed rounding first ,never breaking stride. you determine her protection at the time of the obstruction to be second base even though the ball hasnt reached the fielder yet? ( not sure how can determine that) but the ball gets past the outfielder and the runner is thrown out on a banger at third. you still have her out?. you dont determine what would have happened had there been no obstruction?
I MUST determine her protection at the time of the obstruction. Admittedly, if the ball is to right field and not right at the outfielder, I'm probably thinking 3rd, but obviously this varies and is HTBT. If I determined 2nd and THEN the outfielder misplayed it, the protection is 2nd.
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Old Fri May 18, 2012, 01:00pm
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...If I determined 2nd and THEN the outfielder misplayed it, the protection is 2nd.
If I understand what you are saying here, I disagree. If the misplay by the outfielder is part of the original play, I take it into account even if it is chronologically after the obstruction.
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Old Fri May 18, 2012, 01:40pm
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If I understand what you are saying here, I disagree. If the misplay by the outfielder is part of the original play, I take it into account even if it is chronologically after the obstruction.
But can you back that up by rule/mechanic manual/ supplement/ interpretation? It's my understanding you have to make the determination, when it happens.
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Old Fri May 18, 2012, 02:48pm
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...It's my understanding you have to make the determination, when it happens (implied... and not change it).
But can you back that up by rule/mechanic manual/ supplement/ interpretation?
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