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obstruction baseball wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 definition 2 types of obstruction and corresponding penalties 3 common misconceptions 4 notable cases of obstruction 5 history 6 see also 7 references 8 external links toggle the table of contents obstruction baseball 3 languages 日本語 한국어 português edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia foul in baseball for interference including by a catcher see interference baseball in baseball obstruction is when a fielder illegally hinders a baserunner running within the basepath baserunners are generally permitted to run from base to base without being physically blocked or hindered by a fielder the only time that a fielder is not obligated to get out of the way of a baserunner is when the fielder is fielding a hit ball or in possession of the ball definition edit official baseball rule 2 00 defines obstruction as 1 the act of a fielder who while not in possession of the ball and not in the act of fielding the ball impedes the progress of any runner comment if a fielder is about to receive a thrown ball and if the ball is in flight directly toward and near enough to the fielder so he must occupy his position to receive the ball he may be considered in the act of fielding a ball it is entirely up to the judgment of the umpire as to whether a fielder is in the act of fielding a ball after a fielder has made an attempt to field a ball and missed he can no longer be in the act of fielding the ball for example an infielder dives at a ground ball and the ball passes him and he continues to lie on the ground and delays the progress of the runner he very likely has obstructed the runner the comment to rule 7 09 j adds that o bstruction by a fielder attempting to field a ball should be called only in very flagrant and violent cases because the rules give him the right of way but of course such right of way is not a license to for example intentionally trip a runner even though fielding the ball 2 high school and college versions of the rule also add rules against malicious or flagrant contact 3 types of obstruction and corresponding penalties edit any case of obstruction falls into one of two categories formerly called type a and type b until the 2014 rewriting of the mlb umpire rulebook 2 after the subsection of rule 6 01 h in which each type of obstruction and the corresponding penalties are described 4 1 if a play is being made on the obstructed runner or if the batter runner is obstructed before he touches first base the ball is dead and all runners shall advance without liability to be put out to the bases they would have reached in the umpire s judgment if there had been no obstruction the obstructed runner shall be awarded at least one base beyond the base he had last legally touched before the obstruction any preceding runners forced to advance by the award of bases as the penalty for obstruction shall also advance without liability to be put out 2 if no play is being made on the obstructed runner the play shall proceed until no further action is possible the umpire shall then call time and impose such penalties if any as in his judgment will nullify the act of obstruction in addition the fielder who commits the obstruction is charged with an fielding error 5 as with a catcher s interference call if the obstruction allows the batter to safely reach first base unlike other fielding errors the batter is not charged with an at bat 6 common misconceptions edit there need not be physical contact for obstruction to be called if a fielder causes the runner to alter his normal running path or deliberately blocks his view of the plate he can be guilty of obstruction 7 obstruction is not the same as interference obstruction is committed by a fielder against a base runner while interference with the exception of catcher s interference is committed by a baserunner against a fielder or a batter against a catcher when a fielder hinders a base runner baseball commentators including the announcers of the 2013 game discussed below will often mistakenly refer to obstruction as interference 8 notable cases of obstruction edit on august 6 2004 a game between the seattle mariners and the tampa bay devil rays at tropicana field ended with a devil rays victory on an obstruction call with one out and the score tied 1 1 in the bottom of the tenth inning the devil rays carl crawford was taking a lead off of third base when tino martinez hit a fly ball toward mariners left fielder raúl ibañez crawford went back to third base as if he was going to consider tagging up and trying to score after the ball was caught mariners shortstop josé lópez moved to a spot that was between crawford and ibañez ibañez caught the ball and crawford bluffed a run toward home he then stopped and was heading back toward third base as ibañez s throw sailed toward home plate however third base umpire paul emmel ruled that lópez had blocked crawford s view of left fielder ibañez thus preventing crawford from seeing when the ball was caught and when he could leave third base and head toward home plate emmel called obstruction on the ground that lópez s action within the language of the rule had impede d the progress of crawford by not letting him see precisely when it was safe for him to leave the base emmel awarded crawford home plate and that was the winning run 7 9 the play involved type a obstruction as a play was being made on crawford at the time of the obstruction because ibañez threw the ball home to prevent him from scoring the play also demonstrated how it is not necessary for a fielder to make physical contact with a runner or physically impede the runner s running path to be called for obstruction on october 4 2003 in game 3 of the 2003 american league division series between the oakland a s and the red sox the a s miguel tejada was called out after he apparently misunderstood the obstruction rule tejada was on second base when teammate ramón hernández hit a ground ball into left field for a hit tejada rounded third and collided with red sox third baseman bill mueller who was trying to get into position to receive a throw from left fielder manny ramirez umpire bill welke called obstruction incorrectly thinking that the play was over and that he was entitled to home plate automatically tejada slowed to a jog and headed toward home the red sox however threw the ball to catcher jason varitek who caught the ball long before tejada reached home and easily tagged him out tejada had failed to realize that because a play was not being made on him at the time of mueller s obstruction the obstruction was type b obstruction therefore under rule 7 06 b welke s call was only preliminary the ball was still live and the play was supposed to proceed until no further action was possible at which point the umpires would judge whether tejada would have scored if the obstruction had not occurred tejada was called out after varitek tagged him with the live ball because in light of his jogging the umpires could not say that he would have scored if the obstruction had not occurred 10 on october 26 2013 game 3 of the 2013 world series was decided by an obstruction call in the bottom of the ninth inning allen craig of the st louis cardinals was impeded by boston red sox third baseman will middlebrooks who had fallen to the ground trying to catch a wild throw from red sox catcher jarrod saltalamacchia as a result the third base umpire jim joyce ruled obstruction and thus craig was awarded home plate and the cardinals won the game 5 4 11 this play involved type b obstruction because no play was being made on craig at the time that the obstruction occurred saltalamacchia s throw had already gone into left field before craig tripped over middlebrooks s body while trying to head home 12 the difference between the play on tejada and the play that ended game 3 of the 2013 world series was that in the 2013 game allen craig got up after he tripped over middlebrooks and ran hard toward home plate where he was tagged by catcher saltalamacchia just before he slid into the plate home plate umpire dana demuth then made the final call that craig was safe because he would have scored if middlebrooks s obstruction had not occurred according to david smith baseball historian and founder of retrosheet as of october 2013 the 2004 and 2013 games described above were the only games that ever ended on an obstruction call 13 history edit the rule against obstruction was first formalized as part of the 1856 version of the national association of base ball players rules 14 the current language of the official rules was introduced in 1962 3 and modified in 2019 4 see also edit blocking the plate interference references edit obstruction glossary mlb com retrieved 2026 09 26 1 2 professional baseball playing rules committee 2013 official baseball rules pdf 2013 ed major league baseball 1 2 gallagher larry tackling obstruction northwest association of umpires retrieved october 27 2013 1 2 2019 official baseball rules pdf mlb com retrieved 9 july 2023 9 12 errors baseball rules academy retrieved 2024 02 14 official baseball rules pdf major league baseball 2018 ed office of the commissioner of baseball archived pdf from the original on 2022 10 09 retrieved 2018 07 07 1 2 marc topkin about the other game ending obstruction call involving devil rays and mariners archived 2013 11 02 at the wayback machine tampa bay times october 27 2013 retrieved on october 28 2013 weber bruce october 27 2013 game 3 s decisive play why call was obstruction new york times retrieved 30 october 2013 associated press mariners find a new way to lose reprinted in the ellensburg daily record august 7 2004 retrieved on october 28 2013 peter e meltzer so you think you know baseball a fan s guide to the official rules 12 2 2013 miller scott cards pull out wild game 3 on first ws game ending obstruction call cbs sports retrieved october 27 2013 video of the final play of game 3 of the 2013 world series from youtube retrieved on february 13 2014 stark jayson 30 october 2013 ready for a landmark achievement espn retrieved 30 october 2013 kittel jeffrey a rule by rule history analysis of the rules adopted by the 1857 convention of base ball clubs protoball p 27 retrieved october 27 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