In baseball, there is a no tangle rule. If the catcher and batter get tangled in a ball in front of the plate, then neither obstruction nor interference is called.
Rule 6.01(a)(10) Comment:
Is there something like that in softball?
Here's a video about the MLB rule:
Rule 6.01(a)(10) Comment:
When a catcher and batter-runner going to first base have contact when the catcher is fielding the ball, there is generally no violation and nothing should be called. “Obstruction” by a fielder attempting to field a ball should be called only in very flagrant and violent cases because the rules give him the right of way, but of course such “right of way” is not a license to, for example, intentionally trip a runner even though fielding the ball. If the catcher is fielding the ball and any fielder, including the pitcher, obstructs a runner going to first base, “obstruction” shall be called and the base runner awarded first base.
Is there something like that in softball?
Here's a video about the MLB rule:
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