[EricH]

Originally Posted by Louisiana Jones

Do you really consider 1540 to be blocked on the batter?

This is the excerpt from the game manual that you may be referring to

There is no FIRST Robotics Competition specific definition of pin, so a
general definition applies; “to prevent or stop something from moving.”
As a result, contact is not required for pinning to occur. For example, a
ROBOT parked right behind an opponent that is on the BATTER could
be considered pinning because the dividers on the BATTER and the
parked ROBOT prevent the opponent from moving.

That is the section. Now, you may want to read the following exchange (from shortly after that post):

Originally Posted by rich2202

Pin count starts immediately.

Originally Posted by EricH

Immediately on being pinned. WHETHER the team was, in fact, pinned, is rather debatable. Obviously, in that particular ref's judgement, they were.

I won't be making any comment as to whether or not that particular ref's judgement was or was not correct.