Killer Rabbit wrote:I understand the blocking rule, but doesn't the runner need to be closer to the plate before the umpire considers OBS? If not then the catcher is blocking the plate as soon as the runner leaves third. Judgement call by the umpire. The only way the runner's path would take her to the inside of the plate was if she was trying to make the contact.
This kid is two strides from the plate...how close do you want her to be? You decide about halfway if you are going to go inside or outside...she's past this point. The catcher has taken that choice away from her by blocking the entire plate.
Lots of runners go inside when the throw takes F2 to the outside of the plate.