[Lapopez]

So this year obstruction is one of the Points of Empahsis due to the new verbiage in 2-22. It's frustrating that the 2008 Baseball Rules by Topic still has the 2007 case book situation 8.3.2 Situation C. The actual case book has the correct new interpretation though.

My question is on FED obstruction in general. I started out years ago fully familiarizing myself with OBR which has the immediate dead ball for type A obstruction. FED is always a delayed dead ball and this is why I am having trouble with the first 3 sentences of 8-3-2:

1) When a runner is obstructed (2-22) while advancing or returning to a base, the umpire shall award the obstructed runner and each other runner affected by the obstruction the bases they would have reached, in his opinion, had there been no obstruction.

2) If the runner achieves the base he was attempting to acquire, then the obstruction is ignored.

3) The obstructed runner is awarded a minimum of one base beyond his position on base when the obstruction occurred.

What is the precedence of these statements because they cannot be enforced at the same time? Since with a delayed dead ball an obstructed runner may get to the base he would have reached had there been no obstruction, do you ignore the obstruction or do you award the minimum one base?