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Originally Posted by Rich Ives
It's flat out type a obstruction and the batter gets first. You only ignore it if it involves a batted ball caught.
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That's right. Doesn't matter that, in your judgment, the defense would have had an out without the obstruction.
The award is the penalty for the obstruction, not (as in type b obstruction) a judgment about where they would have ended up without the obstruction.