It should not have been obstruction. The fielder was making a play on the ball, had no time to extricate himself. The runner was not even in the direct basepath, and thus placed himself in the predicament. The runners stumble was not a result of any inordinate move by the fielder, he simply tripped, over the fielders body, thus he was tagged out at home. .......Oh well just a bad judgement call,.........or home field advantage?
It should not have been obstruction. The fielder was making a play on the ball, had no time to extricate himself. The runner was not even in the direct basepath, and thus placed himself in the predicament. The runners stumble was not a result of any inordinate move by the fielder, he simply tripped, over the fielders body, thus he was tagged out at home. .......Oh well just a bad judgement call,.........or home field advantage?