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Originally Posted by Armadillo_Blue
R1 off with the pitch is obstructed by F3. B1 hits a grounder to F4 which hits R1 on his way to second. Umpire judges that R1 would not have been in the path of the ball had he not been obstructed. Is R1 still out for the interference.
Is the ruling the same in FED and OBR?
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FED - Enforce the OBS because in FED the obstructed runner gets a minimum of a one base award and the OBS occured FIRST.
OBR - Depends
In OBR you have Type 'B" OBS so you ask yourself Absent the OBS which Penalty IF ANY are you going to award.
Therefore, if you as an umpire judge that absent the OBS the runner was going to be out anyway then enforce the interference.
Pete Booth