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ISF
With obstruction you are protected between the bases you were obstructed firstly .
So obstruction at 1st you are protected only between 1st and 2nd .
Any protection after that is if in the judgement of the umpire they would have made that base if they were not obstructed .ie if there is a close play at third . If thrown out 1/2 way between 2nd and 3rd there was no way the runner would have made 3rd so they put themselves in jeopardy . The runner is out .
The second point is rounding third
The runner was obstructed between 2nd and 3rd so is protected. As she went past 2 to 3 steps only we dont know if she would have made home .She would have had to go there for us to make that decision .
She turned back and was tagged. Runner out .
We have had obstruction since 2002 with these interpretations with no problems .
Incidentally
This doesnt mmake mt interpretation correct but adds weight to it .
We are having our finals of our National League this weekend .
I brought this scenario up and all The umpires agreed with me .
12 umpires
8 ISF and 4 grade 6 ( 1 level below ISF0)
1 attended last Olympics and one last years ISC
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