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My comments were for this play only. If I misled you to think that the award is NEVER third base, I apologize. It could be, in the cases you witnessed, that the umpire felt that the baserunner WOULD HAVE achieved 3rd base without the OBS, so the award was possibly correct.
What is important to remember is that the award A) is determined at the time of the obstruction, and B) is the base the umpire thought at that moment that the player would have reached had the obstruction occurred.
There are other rulesets (notably baseball) where obstruction is intended to carry a penalty - in ASA the obstruction award is intended to A) prevent an out that would not have occurred if the OBS hadn't happened and B) nullify the OBS and "set things right"
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