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I think this is interesting discussion and I see no reason to cease because we have gone over it many times .
Note this is Australias view as well as NZs
You are right as to your first comment and I will review my dealings/award of obstruction if I umpire womens or lower grade or underage softball .
Please note where my comments are comeing from and this is not to sound superior .
I umpire at a level where in 99% of cases if a runner is obstructed before base 1 then they will get up and still try for 2. Consequently if the get tagged between 1 and 2 I would award 2nd base if in my judgement they would have achieved this base if they were not obstructed (just as it says in the rule book )The difference is if there is no way they would have achieved 2nd if obstructed before 1st then I would give them out ( We dont judge if it is a 2 or 3 bag hit )We wait for the play to devolope and in some circumstances protect the runner further than you would .
2nd comment .Have you 3 subs because all players intentionally obstructing will be ejected
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