re: Video of Raph and Ole Miss Catcher?

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If he makes contact without the ball in the runner's path, that should be obstruction. The consequence would be to award the runner the base he is headed to.

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The umpire made that call, and awarded Rhymes the base before he actually touched it.

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if rhymes was safe anyway, then there is no call to be made

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That may be how it gets recorded, but the ump was already signaling it before Rhymes made it to the plate.