[greymule]

I think I disagree there, Dakota. If the runner is making a true attempt to get to 3B and is obstructed, then he gets 3B, whether he would have made it or not. If he is merely rounding 2B to get a look and trips over F6 a few steps past the bag, then he goes back to 2B. Plus, in this case he was forced to 3B.

I posed a similar question a couple of months ago in baseball, where with 2 out and runners on 1B and 2B, the batter hits a hard one-hopper to F5. The runner from 2B, miles from 3B, trips over F6 just before F5 steps on 3B for the force. The general agreement was that F6 did commit obstruction, though some conceded that most umps would figure it didn't bear on the play and would ignore it.