You can't make up rules, folks. If she was obstructed, she's safe. Doesn't matter whether she had a prayer of reaching base safely without the obstruction.
And after discussing with him, it turns out he felt the same way you did - he told me he saw the obstruction but didn't feel like there was any chance she would have beaten the throw. We went through the book afterward - and he now understands the rule. Should have been awarded 3rd.
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