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It seems to me that a runner who violates the RCR (runner control rule, Antonella) is "put out" causing a dead ball, at that moment.
Assuming a runner being obstructed who has just rounded 1st, then stopped and violated after seeing the OBS signal, can we judge that the runner would have reached 1st safely w/o the OBS? It seems s/he would.
OTOH, if there is no evidence/judgement that the OBS caused the attempt for 2nd, it's just an out.
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