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re: what was that ball 4 pick off call..
Posted on 6/9/12 at 4:49 pm to Fububutsy
Posted on 6/9/12 at 4:49 pm to Fububutsy
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Point being though, if the fielder's foot isn't there, he likely catches the base with his foot instead of sliding it off to the side. The fielder obstructed his path to the base, no matter how slight it was.
Don't think any of this is against the rules. But feel free to submit it to rules committee.
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Posted on 6/9/12 at 5:53 pm to geauxjo
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Don't think any of this is against the rules. But feel free to submit it to rules committee.
Well to be technical, and I do mean technical, it was obstruction.
Because he was awarded second base on the walk, the entire thing becomes a pickoff play. well, here it is in the rule book.
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SECTION 54. Type 2 Obstruction: A.R. 4: On a pickoff play at any base, the defensive player must clearly have possession of the ball before blocking the base with any part of the defensive player’s body. The umpire will call “That’s obstruction” and then signal and call “Time.” The ball is dead immediately, and the runner being played on is awarded one base beyond the last base he had attained before the obstruction.
So technically, he should have been on third base because he blocked the bag before he got the ball.
This post was edited on 6/9/12 at 5:55 pm
Posted on 6/9/12 at 7:12 pm to geauxjo
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quote: Point being though, if the fielder's foot isn't there, he likely catches the base with his foot instead of sliding it off to the side. The fielder obstructed his path to the base, no matter how slight it was. Don't think any of this is against the rules. But feel free to submit it to rules committee.
If this is true then anytime there is a walk -- even to first, you should try to obstruct player to et him off of bag for pick off.
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