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Originally posted by TexBlue
It's the same in all the association. When a play is made on the obstructed runner, before she reaches the base you would have awarded her, it's "Dead Ball! I have obstruction on the catcher, runner is safe!"
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As already noted, the ball is not declared dead until the OBSTRUCTED RUNNER is put out or it is obvious that all action on this particular play is complete
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The only situation in which this is not a immediate dead ball, the rules say you don't enforce a rule if it benefits the offending team. So, if a trailing runner is right behind the obstructed runner, a play is made on the obstructed player and the ball gets away to the fence, you might not call dead ball if the trailing runner is clearly going to score also. If you called dead ball, the trailing runner would have to go back to 3rd, preventing the score.
I don't know, just thought of that situation. What does every one else think?
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The ball is ALWAYS dead when the obstructed runner is put out. If there are other active runners at the time the ball is killed, they should be placed on the base to which they are closest including scoring a runner which was more than halfway home at the time the tag on the obstructed runner was applied.