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Old Mon Jun 11, 2007, 03:38pm
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Originally Posted by CoachJM
johnnyg,

FED does not distinguish between Type A (obstructed runner being played upon) and Type B (obstructed runner not being played upon) Obstruction and the obstructed runner is ALWAYS awarded at least one base beyond his position at the time of obstruction.

JM
EXCEPT [according to the Rules lecture this year] for certain weird TWP-like circumstances where R gets where he would have got absent the OBS, so's we ignore the OBS [OK, I'm obviously paraphrasing here]. Only example ever given was R1 is obstructed coming back to 1st on a run-down, but nevertheless is safe on 1st: do not award 2d, 'cause R1 reached the base he would have reached, absent the obstruction.
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