aggieheart said:Are you really this obtuse or do you just can't stand being told your outrage is unjustified. I hated the result as much as anyone here. I'm just trying to help Ags understand the call. But you remind me of a Bill Murray quote :Astroag said:aggieheart said:Further clarification in NCAA since last year: "The changes in the obstruction rule prohibit a defensive player who does not have the ball from blocking any part of the leading edge of the four bases or otherwise keeping the runner from advancing or returning to a base. It will not be obstruction if the defender has the ball or is making a legitimate play on a thrown ball."Astroag said:aggieheart said:It's not a result oriented call. It's a rule. It was applied correctly. At least this is how I was trained as an umpire, called as an umpire, and trained other umpires. If I am wrong then so is most of the umpiring world I know.Astroag said:aggieheart said:Same thing. Rule is to prevent collisions.Astroag said:aggieheart said:
Obstruction is asame in softball as baseball. Can't block the bag without possession of the ball unless in act of fielding the throw it caries you into the path. She was straddling the base path/base. Should have been positioned just in front of the bag. Legit call.
Straddling the bag = not blocking the bag….
I understand what you are posting but it's not the same thing…hence there wasn't a collision
Well that's pretty standard these days and historically, no?
I mean why else we need Robo umps?
Maybe that helps clear it up for you.
Based on that, you have been calling/teaching/etc it wrong…cmon man. Her straddling it left the leading edge of the bag
"It's hard to win an argument with a smart person, but it's damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person."
I dunno what to tell you but if our player is straddling a square w a foot on either side of the leading edge facing first base, then she isn't blocking said leading edge as defined in the rule.
Perhaps if you don't understand, maybe you should take a look in the mirror before you anonymously throw insults at people you don't know.
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