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there's no play being made on the B/R, so you have type b obs if you were to call it. on type b you can protect him somewhere, but you can't play god. he stopped running and returned to first, taking umpire judgment out of play, and subjecting him to being called out on that coach's assist. this actually was discussed when we got together. if we were going to change the call and call obstruction, what would the result be? 1st base, becasue he stopped running. then he would be out of the assist.
the same type of play happened a few years ago in the ALCS or ALDS boston vs oakland. tejada was obstructed around 3B, it was called, but he stopped running and was subsequently thrown out at home. if you don't complete the play, then the umpire can't protect you.
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