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Originally Posted by LIIRISHMAN
THe hypothetical play mentioned here is a intersting one. According to the rules we must punish the offense that was wronged by the defense by the obstruction. Mike, would ASA address this any point in the future?
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I don't see any reason to address it. You are not punishing anyone that hasn't violated a rule. As previously stated, the book makes allowances to advance runners affected by OBS to another. In the scenario offered, I don't think it would be a stretch to award R1 & R2 home as long as there was no other violation of the rules.
And again, can you imagine the mess if an OBS runner would get back into the fray? How many rules would have to be changed to allow R2 to legally scrore prior to R1? What if it is not a score? If the trailing runner is allowed to pass the OBS runner, then there is no longer any added protection permissible due to the original runner OBS, so if a runner ends up one.....nevermind, already getting a headache trying to figure out my own scenarios
