Crabby Bob
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Just how ****ing dense does everyone have to be to even be discussing this.
yup.
The fielder's legs are irrelevant, the award is the NEXT base (by MLB rules), any attempt to justify a "no call" is absurd and intent have absolutely ZIP to do with the rule, the call or it's application.
IT WAS OBS and the appropriate award for MLB.
Baseball Type A obstruction is an immediate dead ball + award the obstructed runner the advance base. I think we can agree that the runner was not being played on at the time of this obstruction. Type B OBS is a delayed dead ball and the umpire may award bases to nullify the OBS.