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Originally Posted by wadeintothem
...if you felt the OBS impeded the runner rounding the base to 2nd, then they should be protected to 2nd.
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Speaking ASA, only if in your judgment the runner would have made 2B without the OBS.
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Originally Posted by wadeintothem
...The OP did not feel they were impeded to 2nd, but rather impeded to first, and in this instance .. yes, it should not have been signalled because it was moot at the time DDB was signalled, resulting in confusion..
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This is contrary to the training I have received. See the OBS, call it. If nothing else, it puts the teams on notice that OBS will be called if it is observed.
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Originally Posted by wadeintothem
...So if the runner was impeded by F3 while rounding the base, with the result that at the out at 2, thats the call..
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This cannot be true, since by rule the runner is protected between the bases where the OBS occurred, unless, that is, you are saying the "continuing OBS" theory Mike posts is wrong, that instead you only go with the instant the OBS was first observed (between home and 1B).
I do not agree that the effect of the OBS was moot merely because the runner would not have advanced beyond 1B. One clear effect of OBS is protection of the runner between the bases where the OBS occurred. By your application of the rule, you are choosing to not provide the runner with this protection, and, hence, making the impact of the offense on the offending team even less that it should be.