Can anyone answer this for me --runner on 3rd base gets into a run down /pickle from 3rd to home and catcher and 3rd baseman goes back and forth several times but are always in the running lane or base path , is this called obstruction? runner can't run around them for they would be called out for going out of the baseline or should they plw them down.
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You don't have to plw them over just run into one of them when they don't have the ball and cont. towards the base you were headed. Do a little acting to almost fall down or fall down, you know like the NBA basketball players and the cry baby men soccer players do. Sorry I hate soccer.
In a nutshell, the obstruction rule states that a defensive player without the ball or in the act of fielding a batted ball may not hinder or impede a runner legally running the bases. This applies in a rundown as well.
The runner caught in a rundown should not intentionally try to run into a defender or plow them over, just run the bases.
BTW, the rule about being out of the basePATH only applies when a runner is trying to avoid a tag. It does not apply to a runner trying to run around a defender that does not have the ball.
The runner caught in a rundown should not intentionally try to run into a defender or plow them over, just run the bases.
BTW, the rule about being out of the basePATH only applies when a runner is trying to avoid a tag. It does not apply to a runner trying to run around a defender that does not have the ball.
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