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Originally posted by CecilOne
I have been going by "is obstructed on way back to third". The "if runner is tagged out vs. her making it back safely" is not material when she "is obstructed" because a tag after the obstruction would have no effect.
If the lead runner is out, i.e., only if no obstruction, that's a different question than the obstruction we (or at least I) have been discussing. Then the following runner can be safe at 3rd, but not returned to 2nd.
In the given case of "is obstructed", I don't see the following runner as "affected by the obstruction". If the lead runner is safe at 3rd, the following runner is out if tagged before returning to 2nd. This is regardless of whether the lead runner is safe because of obstruction or because of just running.
As far as I can tell; Mike, Andy and I think the following runner is out (still assuming no force). Does anyone else think so?
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Speaking ASA
It is very material. If the obstructed runner is off the base and tagged out, the play becomes dead instantaneously and all subsequent action becomes irrelevant. That means that the defense cannot tag the trailing runner out if they first tagged the obstructed runner off the base.
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