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I thought there was a distinction with regard to OBS that caused a runner to miss a base, in other words, prevented a runner from touching a base.

Example 1:

Abel hits a ball off the fence, rounds 1B, and on the way to 2B trips over F4. Abel then gets up and continues to run. Abel then misses 2B and ends up at 3B.

In this case, though Abel could not be put out between 1B and 2B, the miss of 2B could still be appealed.

Example 2:

Abel hits a ball off the fence and is trying for a home run. F5 is standing inside 3B such that Abel collides with F5, whose presence prevents Abel from touching the base, even though she tried to do so. Abel then scores.

I thought that in this case an appeal of Abel's miss of 3B was not to be upheld since the OBS prevented Abel from touching the base.

Is this correct?

BTW, I've seen that play occur in men's SP.