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Even if Santiago had made a legitimate attempt at home............there was NO play being made on him at the time of the obstruction...............Therefore by MLB rules.........(type A & B).......the play would have been allowed to continue..........and if he would have been thrown out at the plate, the out would have most likely stood..............
Unlike ASA, we could not nullify the obstruction and place him back on third................
I like the SB (ASA) version much better because it makes our job multitudes easier............a runner cannot be put out betweeen bases they were obstructed............we don't feel they would have made it Home.......and were put out there...........we kill the play and put them back on third........
I just realized I do not have my PDF version of the BB rule on my new computer (trying to rememdy that......grin)......so I cannot give authoritative opinion to back up my assumptions............so you will just have to go on my recolections..................
Joel
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