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I'm sorry, but I would have a hard time calling obstruciton on a play such as this. Let me get it straight here:
The defense has the ball one step away from 3B for a force out, and the runner being forced is obstructed 50ft away from the play?!? Calling obstruction on that play is just ridiculous. On obstruction, I am supposed to protect the runner to the base they would have recieved without the obstruction. Without the obstruction, it is obvious that the runner still wouldn't have gotten to 3B before the force was made. I think that a play like this is the reason for the example in POE #34..
from POE #34: "A runner leaving second base too soon on a fly ball is returning after the ball is caught and is obstructed between 2B and 3B. If the runner would not have made it back to 2B prior to the throw arriving, he would remain out.
In this Situation, both instances, out..end of inning...
[Edited by gsf23 on Jan 28th, 2003 at 11:00 AM]
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