greymule,
In placing runners on an OBR Type B obstruction call, there is a concept which I believe is commonly referred to as "post-obstruction evidence". That is, at the time of the obstruction the umpire makes an
initial judgement of to what base he will award/protect the obstructed runner. As play continues, the umpire may
change his judgement of the "protected to" base depending on
any aspect of the ensuing action.
In your sitch, the umpire might initially judge that the BR was only protected back to 1B. When the throw from F9 to F6 was not cleanly fielded, he might then change his protection to 2B. Alternatively, he might decide that the BR would have been out at 2B (despite the errant throw) and still only protect the BR to 1B.
Pete Booth has given you the succinct summary of the umpire's most likely options in your play. It is entirely up to the umpire's judgement what protection/award will "nullify the act of obstruction".
The following is from the MLBUM discussion of Type B Obstruction.
Quote:
"Play: Batter-runner hits a fair ball down the right field line and is obstructed in rounding first base. At the moment
the obstruction occurs, the right fielder has not yet fielded the ball, and it appears at that moment that the batter-runner
will end up with a stand-up double.
However, as play proceeds, the ball gets by the right fielder, and the batter-runner continues on to third. The
batter-runner is then thrown out at third base on a very close play.
Ruling: Because it is permissible for the umpire to consider the position of the runner, ball, and
fielder at the moment the obstruction occurs, the umpire may initially plan on "protecting" the batter-runner as far as
second base. However, as play continued, it became apparent that had the batter-runner not been obstructed in rounding
first base, he would have reached third safely.
Therefore, the moment the batter-runner is tagged out at third base, "Time" is called and the batter-runner is awarded
third on the obstruction. This decision is made on the principle that the umpire, in making awards on this type of obstruction,
shall allow play to continue until no
further action is possible and then shall make awards if any that will nullify the obstruction.
In this example if the umpire felt that the obstruction had no bearing on the fact that the batter-runner was thrown out at third, the out would stand.
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JM