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Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
This was my nightmare game.
I've been at this awhile and never seen anything close.
Bob, which rule are you referring to that allows the out to stand?
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Case 8.3.2D has a play where an out that occurs after obstruction is allowed to stand (you have to get past the strange wording in the penultimate sentence -- replace "Because of" with "Despite"
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The runner from third held because he thought the ball would be caught. The obstruction occurred before the out at the dish. Because the B/R was not allowed the opportunity to gain first base, I allowed the two runs to score and awarded him one base past the base he would have had.
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Why do you say BR was not allowed the opportunity to reach first? As I read the play, he reached it, despite the obstruction.
The penalty for obstruction is not "one base past the base he would have had" it's "one base beyond his position on base when the obstruction occurred." (8-3-2)