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Originally Posted by Sco53
FED Rules- R1 and R3 two outs. F1 attempts a pickoff throw which is muffed by F3. As F3 retreives the ball he obstructs R1. R1 continues towards second, and is tagged before he reaches second base by F4 after receiving a throw from F3. In the meantime, R3 is advancing towards home but does not arrive there before R1 is tagged. Does the delayed dead ball allow for the run to score, or is it killed when the obstructed runner is tagged? Thanks for any help on this. Sco
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Interesting dilemma (thank you FED). This is a great play to do the left hand point and yell 'THAT'S OBSTRUCTION" and see if you can get everyone to stop. If they do, call TIME and award R1 2nd and if R3 made it to the plate (this is up to the PU), so be it. Now, if they do not stop, kill it when R1 is tagged as he cannot be out. If R3 didn't make it to the plate, tough - not our problem. I think that the big key here is to get that left hand out there pointing and make sure you use your voice to indicate the obstruction.
And no, I do not use or condone that idiotic FED mechanic of holding your damn left arm out with a fist, on an obstruction call. I use the OBR method - point with the left hand and let everyone in the park know what happened.