{"id":15764,"date":"2016-05-07T12:35:01","date_gmt":"2016-05-07T19:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/?p=15764"},"modified":"2016-05-07T12:52:03","modified_gmt":"2016-05-07T19:52:03","slug":"out-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/2016\/05\/out-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Out at home …"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"sou<\/a>

Kelsey Randall tagged out at home after OIT catcher blocked direct access to the plate<\/p><\/div>\n

@SOURaiders @SOU_Softball @Kelsee_R<\/p>\n

… or was she safe?<\/p>\n

SOU beat Oregon Tech this morning in extra innings to continue their season. They play again at 4:30 today (5\/7\/16).<\/p>\n

The call above could have been the difference in the game though. The umpire ruled the runner was out without considering the obstruction rule. Here it is:<\/p>\n

9.4.1 Obstruction is the intentional or unintentional act of a defensive team member that hinders or impedes the progress of a runner who is legally running bases, unless the fielder is in possession of the ball, in the act of fielding a batted ball, or in the act of catching a thrown ball. <\/p>\n

Notes:
\n1. The defensive player must be in the process of catching the ball and not merely positioning, waiting for a throw to arrive.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So did the defensive player position and\/or wait for a throw to arrive while obstructing home plate? You be the judge:<\/p>\n

\"sou<\/a>

Oregon Tech catcher blocking (obstructing) home plate without the ball<\/p><\/div>\n

Another odd thing about this play is (in the series of seven photos showing the entire sequence that I have) the umpire began calling the runner out (with his fist) long before the tag was made. The top photo is the last in the sequence, and it’s the first showing a tag. The umpire was opening his clenched fist in this photo. He had an “out fist” in the three photos prior to this one before the tag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

@SOURaiders @SOU_Softball @Kelsee_R … or was she safe? SOU beat Oregon Tech this morning in extra innings to continue their season. They play again at 4:30 today (5\/7\/16). The call above could have been the difference in the game though. The umpire ruled the runner was out without considering the obstruction rule. Here it is: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[346,130,478,245,149,198],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15764"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15764"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15774,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15764\/revisions\/15774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}