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Originally Posted by ozzy6900
FED obstruction is Type B in OBR. The difference in FED is that when you call obstruction in FED, you will award at least 1 base in the forward direction (the part I hate). Example: R1 dives back to 1st on a pickoff and is obstructed by F3. In FED, R1 must go to 2nd base - there is no choice or question (now you know why I said I hate this).
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I don't see why that award is bad....If you don't penalize the defense for OBS, why wouldn't they obstruct every time?