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Originally Posted by mrkajz44
I suppose that makes sense. Just seemed pretty obvious from the replay that his last step purposefully pushed his body into the line of the throw (and away from second base). I guess its hard to prove his intent on that.
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Even if he did push his body in the way of the line of the throw, he never deviated from the base path. That's the rule right there. He did not use his hands in the air to block the ball either. He ran in his allowable lane and it's up to Smoak to get the ball there. It's a difficult throw any time and what makes it even harder is the location of the ump. So Smoak only had that small window to the inside to hit Goins' glove and he missed it.