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Originally posted by goldcoastump
My first observation is that your partner should not have verbally called anything.
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This is true.
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Second is that the ball is not dead until all play has stopped.
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This is not true. Anytime an obstructed runner is put out prior to attaining the base to which they were protected, the ball is dead. There is no wiggle room on this, the ball is dead.
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You should let all runners advance as far as they can but with the liability of being put out.
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And this does not apply if the obstructed runner is retired. If the obstructed runner is retired, the ball goes dead and other active runners are place on the base to which they were the closest at the time the obstructed runner was put out, and yes, that may be the base behind them. The only times another runner would be moved up is if forced by BRs acquisition of 1B or if the umpire(s) judged that the obstruction also impeded their progress to a base they would have attained had the obstruction not occurred.