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Originally Posted by Linknblue
In the OP I don't think there's a "perfect" answer. Me, I would have called time out as soon as I saw that the down runner was down and injured. Then everything is "my" judgement after that.
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Base awards after obstruction are always umpire judgement anyway. We are only suppose to call time for injury if we feel immediate assistance is required. As someone else mentioned, I think I have called an immediate dead ball for an injured player twice, and both times it was a pitcher drilled by a line drive. Take that back, 3 times, had a girl break her leg sliding into home (of course rec league with a mandatory slide rule and no play was even being attempted on her.)