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Originally posted by Bfair
Umpires are reminded that if a runner is obstructed under this second section of the obstruction rule, play is to proceed to completion even if it results in a play later being made on the runner who was previously obstructed.
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Right. We're only talking about an obstructed runner who has not yet reached his protected base. Certainly if the runner advances beyond it on his own, it will result in a play later being made on the obstructed runner.
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However, if such a play on a previously obstructed runner results in that runner actually being tagged out before reaching the base to which he would have been awarded because of the obstruction, the umpire shall in that case call "Time" at the moment the runner is tagged out.
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Right. If that happens, do what it says to do. Don't call the runner out and then safe. Call, "Time," instead.
There's no contradiction. What is known to have been taught at one former Pro school seems to simply expound on what the PBUC Manual instructs. If you read too much into what the PBUC Manual says, you could easily misread it and see the emphasis in all the wrong places. It's not giving you an exact step by step instruction. It's telling you not to be a doofus and call the obstructed runner out. Instead, call time and give him the base.