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Obstruction vs Interference in Professional Baseball Basic Overview
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The following is a very basic illustration of the difference between offensive interference and defensive obstruction in baseball. • https://www.closecallsports.com/2019/... • In general, the offense interferes with the defense by impeding a fielder from making a play while the defense obstructs the offense by impeding a runner from running the bases. There are exceptions to the general principles (e.g., a fielder CAN obstruct during a batted ball just as a runner CAN interfere during a thrown ball), but this video deals with generalities for the sake of simplicity. • During a batted ball, the fielder whom the umpire designates as the player entitled to field the ball has the “right of way” to field the ball and an illegal interaction between runner and fielder generally is interference (contact is not required). • At any other time (e.g., a thrown ball), the baserunner has the “right of way” to run the bases without impedance from the defensive team and an illegal interaction between runner and fielder in this scenario ordinarily results in an obstruction call (contact not required). • There are additional variations to this general theme (e.g., catcher’s interference [which is a different rule entirely], willful and deliberate interference that supersedes obstruction, etc.), which we discuss at https://www.CloseCallSports.com. Visit the website and subscribe for more baseball rules analysis, such as the difference between Obstruction Type 1/A and Type 2/B.
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