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Old Tue Jun 12, 2007, 10:15am
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Originally Posted by cbfoulds
JM:

As it was explained to me: "if the runner achieves the base he was attempting ..." when, for example, going back to 1st - and is safe - why, then he wasn't "really" obstructed; so "...then the obstruction is ignored." "Ignored" = no award.

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As explained a while back by FED the interpretation is that a runner in a rundown, or even diving back to a bag from a large lead was obviously "attempting" the advanced base, not the base from which he left, or in these cases, returning.
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