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Old Tue Jun 02, 2009, 07:40am
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Originally Posted by mroyal
Though the ruling is obstruction, there is no ruling on an awarded base in the case play. I would interpret that in (a) the runner is returning to 1st and is awarded that base as per rule 8-3-2.
You can judge that the runner would have achieved 1st had the OBS not occurred. But the base award is subject to the rest of 8-3-2, which you have conveniently omitted.
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