controversial obstruction call

have many big dogs tell me they wouldn't have called this and a few say that it was a good call.

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• 2003
• East
• Region
• Little
• League
• umpire
• obstruction

[hucknbuck1]

wether he had obstruction or not the kid dont get a extra base! he wasnt trying to advance to 2nd he just gets a safe call at 1st thats it!

[blarsonjr]

@hucknbuck1 pls read previous comments the applicable rule has been posted more than once to show if you are going to call OBS on this. The question up for discussion is should it have been called.

[Furax02]

@catspjs - Under some rules systems it 'could' be obstruction. Under Little League (tm) Rules 2.0 however - "OBSTRUCTION is the act of a fielder who, while not in possession of the ball, impedes the progress of any runner. A fake tag is considered obstruction. (NOTE: Obstruction shall be called on a defensive player who blocks off a base, base line or home plate from a runner while not in possession of the ball.) LL interpretation - since he was able to make it back to the bag there's no OBS.

[blarsonjr]

@Furax02 - (cont.) lol  off course that doesn't mean it should have been called. That is the conversation I had among umpires and hoped to have here. I'm not looking to justify the call, just have interesting umpiring discussion. :)

[ShivaChemburkar]

@Furax02 It's the other way around my friend interference is for example when the 2nd baseman stands in the base path of a runner, but no biggie :D

[rolandoalmaguer]

@thesniper12379 No Obstruction. The runner had complete access to the base.

[rolandoalmaguer]

@hucknbuck1 you always award the next base on an Obstruction. But in this case it was not Obstruction. The runner had full access to the base and made it back safely.

[syxrzacm]

The umpire was totally out of position for that call in the 1st place. I'm assuming they're running a three man rotation based on the umpire's position and the runner at 1st. Either way, the umpire should be about 8 ft or so off the bag with his right foot on the foul line. He was too far back. If this were a two man system, the umpire would be in the "B" position (the working area). Secondly, when did obstruction become an immediate time out? It's a delayed dead ball. I got nothing here.

[oldaardvark]

No clue why this was called. Was the ump bored?

[onehitwinsit08]

Not obstruction. You can block the base as a fielder on pick offs or when a base is being stolen. As long as you dont interfere wtih the runner going to another base, is legal.

[52Dannytheman]

It's obstruction! Good call blue! Nice form, too!

[FallingWages]

I don't have obstruction on that, but oooohhhh I would be itching to call that! He's using his size to block the base while making it look like he isn't. Either way, I would only call obstruction if he was out, and would have been safe. And, I would only call him safe at 1st, not send him to 2nd. Now I've seen some comments here about type A and B though...didn't know there was more than one

[blarsonjr]

@camoflaugetampex - LMAO ! I'm not so svelt myself. Good day. :)

[blarsonjr]

@camoflaugetampex - Well I am the umpire. The runners foot hit the 1b man's foot, he then lifted it up and over to touch the bag. I have colleagues that said it was a great call. I also have some colleagues that said it was a crap call. So I put it up here for some interesting discussion. I really don't care if anyone thinks it was right or wrong. Not looking for validation just interesting views why either way. Which you answered in your reply. :)