[aceholleran]

The reason for my post was to show the humor of the sitch + how coaches don't know rules.

R2 was inches from 3B when he was obstructed. He may have even touched it during/before the OBS. It being small ball, and judging where F6 was with the ball, I MAY have protected R2 to home, if he had kept going in a continuous effort.

There was absolutely no way defense could have thrown out R2 as he reached third, so he didn't need protection into the base. It is a salient point that I could have protected R2 back INTO third. YHTBT.

In calling delayed OBS, we umps often need subsequent cues from players on both teams to see to which base we are going to protect the runner.

And sometimes, the off ump, particuarly PU, must make this award if the final play is made at the dish.

And at this level of ball, I'll take two sentences between innings to elucidate a rule for a civil coach; then I hightail it out to LF.

Ace