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Old Thu Feb 26, 2009, 04:07pm
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Originally Posted by 0balls2strikes View Post
Yes if in ituj the BR would have made 2nd had the obstruction not occured you can award 2nd but since the BR is obstructed returning to 1st it would be a hard sell awarding 2nd.
I visualized " F5 throws to second for an out on the BR attempting to advance to 2nd" as a close enough play that the OBS kept BR from starting her advance on the throw to 3rd, meaning that an umpire could judge she would have made it w/o the OBS.
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