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Originally posted by whiskers_ump
Each of the
other runners affected by the OBS will always be awarded the base
or bases which would have been reached, in the umpires judgement.
They probably felt R1 would have reached third when ball was thrown
to 2B for the tag play. .
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I cannot think of any reason a preceding runner should be moved forward by award other than being forced to do so by the award to the obstructed runner.
Being "confused" is not cause for being affected by an obstruction call involving another runner.
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