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I don't call any baseball, but I know in softball -- ASA anyway -- Tejada would have been placed back at 3B, as a runner generally cannot be put out between the two bases between which s/he was obstructed [the exceptions being subsequent interference by the runner, unsportsmanlike conduct, missed base, and maybe another exception that escapes me].
It's a shame Tejada didn't keep running, as we'll never know what kind of shot he had. But if it had been a relatively close play -- maybe not even bang-bang -- and he was out, I think the umpires would have given him home. At the time I thought it was a bad call, but a player of Tejada's caliber really needs to keep running and stop trying to umpire (especially when he apparently doesn't know the rule).
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