With the Rockies and Diamondbacks scoreless in the bottom of the tenth inning, A.J. Pollock hits a one-out, pinch-hit, single. David Peralta appears to single him to third, but after the umpires huddle, Pollock is called out on obstruction of Rockies second baseman D.J. LeMahieu. It is a judgement call and cannot be reviewed, but the replay shown on the Arizona broadcast showed LeMahieu initiating the contact when he was not near the ball. In other words, it looks like LeMahieu knew he couldn’t get the ball, and pulled the equivalent of an NBA flop. The Diamondbacks don’t score in the inning and the teams go to 11.
Even in baseball they’re still such things as an NBA flop. I’m quite curious as to why is it called an obstruction.
“I’m quite curious as to why is it called an obstruction.”
Because the umps are MORONS! There’s no possible way you can look at this play and say it was interference, but those four idiots in blue somehow came up with that decision. It’s truly amazing, and I am surprised I haven’t heard MLB make a statement that they got the call wrong, and players should NOT be doing this.