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Originally Posted by DaveASA/FED
Well there it is. I agree b is my answer, but EVERY other official agreed that A was the correct answer. They said "you have to call the play" then award the base. I disagree. To me once they are put out then I kill the play and award the base. Everyone should know they were out, or else I wouldn't have invoked the OBS call!!!
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Well...you should tell them that they need to go and read the umpire's manual then. Assuming NFHS, the 2006/2007 Umpire's Manual states:
"All obstruction calls require a delayed dead ball signal. This allows all runners the ability to advance, whether they are played on or not. The umpire will protect the runner only to the base they feel the obstructed batter-runner or runner would have made had there not been obstruction.
If the runner is put out prior to this base, a dead ball is called and award base(s)."
So, the prescribed mechanic, by this reading, is to immediately call a dead ball and place the runner on the base you feel that she would have reached. Note that it doesn't say, "If the runner is put out prior to this base,
call the out, then call time/dead ball, and award base(s)."