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Because in both softball and in high school baseball rules, obstruction is always a delayed dead ball. Umpires who work both softball and baseball (especially those who start with baseball) may be more familiar with pro baseball rules, where there are 2 types of obstruction: Type 1, which is obstruction on a runner being played on (in this case, the batter runner was being played on), and results in an IMMEDIATE dead ball, and Type 2, which is on a runner not being played on, and causes a DELAYED dead ball, with the award being made after the play ends. However, softball (similar to high school baseball) treats all obstruction as if it were Type 2 (delayed dead ball). Because the fielder was injured, and further play would jeopardize her safety, I have chosen to stop play immediately, and award the batter-runner 1B (this is the base that the batter would likely have achieved without the obstruction).
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