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Originally Posted by cbfoulds
JM:
The rub seems to be the language, added to 8-3-2 in 2006 [I think], that "If the runner achieves the base he was attempting to acquire, then the obstruction is ignored."
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I agree that's the rub. That language was added (or so I believe) because some umpires would award an *additional* base as a "penalty" for the obstruction (F3 obstructs BR as BR rounds first. BR reaches second safely. Smitty awards third, even though BR never would have reached thid on the play).
Whoever added the words didn't consider the play under discussion here (R1 obstrcuted while returning to first, but reaches first anyway). The rule needs the word "advance" somewhere.