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JJ,
This is type B obstruction under OBR. F1 is the protected fielder, so there is no interference by R1, and F1 doesn't make a play until after the obstruction occurs. A rundown is not a similar situation: it is type A--the runner is being played on, and PBUC 4.29 specifically states a rundown is type A.
So call the obstruction and subsequently "impose such penalties, if any, that nullify the act of obstruction." In this case, I would award nothing, because there was no safety at first base.
BigUmp56,
There was obstruction--call it and call R1 out.
Dave Reed
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