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Old Thu Jun 10, 2010, 03:41pm
Rich Ives Rich Ives is offline
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Originally Posted by mbcrowder View Post
Logically, I agree.

However (depending on the rule set), the rule says to determine immediately upon the incident of obstruction what base to protect to - and award that base. How do we support, using the rules as printed, the award of home. (Yes, I know ... we can simply say we thought she'd score on either of the OBS's, but that avoids my point).
The MLBUM says in section 6.20 & 6.21 that, with type b obstruction, that you make an initial assessment but allow play to continue until its conclusion and THEN make the final decision as to where the protection was. They have example plays where the protected-to base changed as the play developed and concluded.
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