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The FED penalty for obstruction is not applied if the runner is not entitled to run, thus a caught fly ball is an out, an uncaught fly ball is just that regardless of what happened to the batter on his way to 1B. And if a runner is forced he must go forward to get obstruction not backward.
Think about it, if we automatically award the next base, then every high fly to the outfield would be an opportunity for BR to round 1B and run into F3 and get awarded 2B and every easy DP ball to the SS would be an opportunity for R1 to return to 1st to get obstruction call on F3 and get awarded 2B. This can not be the intent of FED.
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