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Originally Posted by vcblue
Reading your post and I must wonder why you ruled dead ball and awarded second in the first place. This was the wrong call. Once the BR got up and returned to first the Obs was off per book rule.
Let say second makes a horrible throw to the pitcher to return the ball. The 1st base coach sees this and yells "run-run" (you did say 12U), however the catcher is on top of things and throws the ball to second and the runner is tagged out. Do you now rule Obs? No.. you have an out.
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ONLY variation of this that would be remotely true is if 1) you judged first the base you would award, and 2) the defense made a play on another runner as an interim play.
Otherwise, you have obstruction from the time of the obstruction until the end of
ALL play; and this is when the ball becomes dead by rule, or declared dead by an umpire. Then, the calling umpire announces the base he is awarding. If 2nd was his judgment at the time, 2nd is proper award, no matter how many interim plays. Again, only overrunning the protections of 1)
BOTH the intended award
AND the two bases between which the obstruction occurred, or 2) the intended award with an interim play made on another player, or 3) a baserunning violation by the obstructed runner can end the obstruction sequence to protection and award at the end of all play.