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Steve is spot on.
It is OBS. No matter what you believe the runner did, was doing or was going to do, as the umpire, you call OBS.
I know it's hard for some people to grasp this (it shouldn't be), but OBS is not a penalty-laden violation. You don't make the call to allow the runner a free-rein on the base paths, but to protect them from being put out because of a defender's mistake.
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