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Originally Posted by SRW
ASA Championship Rules.
R1 on 2B, R2 on 1B. Two outs. B3 hits a deep shot over F8's head, and both runners take off. F6 collides with R1, knocking R1 to the ground. As R1 is on the ground, R2 rounds 2B, passes R1 (who is still on the ground), touches 3B, and crosses home plate, easily beating out the throw from F8. In the umpire's judgement, both R1 and R2 would have scored had the obstruction not occured.
Do you call an out on R2 for passing R1 or not? Do any runs score?
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To the best of my knowledge, there is no instance in which one runner is allowed to pass another in ASA rules.
You cannot use the argument that it is not fair to tie up one runner because another was OBS since ASA makes an allowance for the umpire to award bases to any runner affected by the OBS.
Think about it. What if you do allow a succeeding runner to continue pass an obstructed runner and the OBS runner gets up and continues? Good luck cleaning up that mess.