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Originally posted by greymule
Roger posted: "Obstruction on a preceding runner delays their score until the following runner is put out for the 3rd out.
"(Of course, you could consider that an 'award.')"
Brings up a play I never thought of: R1 on 1B, 2 outs. B2 gets a hit that F9 cuts off in fairly deep center field. R1 rounds 3B and crashes into F5 a moment before B2 is tagged out sliding into 2B.
I guess you have to count R1 as scoring, unless you believe he was simply rounding and wasn't making a real attempt. I suspect that very few umps would score that run, though.[/quote}
Not true. To score the run you would have to believe that R1 would have easily scored had the obstruction not occured. If the ball is in the infield (obvious, as there is a tag @ 2B), I don't think I would assume the runner would have scored on the play. Of course, this would depend on exactly how far down the line the obstruction occured. Remember, there is NO requirement, not even in Fed, to advance the runner on obstruction calls.
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PS. IrishMafia: Sorry for crediting the wrong source for the "good point." I will edit my previous post accordingly. Also, how literally do you think we have to take "passing a runner occurs during a live ball"? Does it mean that when the ball is dead, no runner can be called for passing another runner? If so, ASA has a lot of case book revision to do.
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Don't worry about credit, I was just trying to figure out were he fit in
That is a good question and I have already addressed and e-mail to a member of the National Staff.