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Part of the problem here was that the original post was problematic.
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1) Ball gets to the bag, 3B waiting.
2) As the runner is just about to crash into the 3B, who is about a foot in front of the base, ball glances off 3B's glove.
Collision ensues (almost immediately), 3B to the ground, ball obviously out.
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Wait - it seems from 1 that the 3B is waiting WITH the ball. Then in 2, the ball arrives again. So ... was F5 in the way without the ball (yes, according to 2, no according to 1) - if so, it's obstruction.
However, if the runner can forsee the collision and does not either avoid or slide, it's interference (regardless of maliciousness).
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