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He is wrong. 2 things are required for obstruction.
1) A player in the basepath (baseLINE is irrelevant - it is the runner's chosen basePATH that matters) without possession of the ball.
2) A runner negatively affected by (1). ("Affected" meaning slows, alters path, contacts fielder, etc.)
Your sitch, from the way it sounds, was NOT obstruction.
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