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Speaking ASA - obstruction. ASA 8-5-B and ASA 8-7-J.
Take the interference rule first. For the BR to be guilty of interference, she must have interfered with a fielder attempting to field a fair batted ball. The fielder was not attempting to field anything, even if the ball eventually ended up fair.
For obstruction, the fielder ... not in the act of fielding a batted ball... impeded the progress of the batter-runner.
Once F3 pulled up, she was not longer in the act of fielding the batted ball, so she was no longer protected, so she must yield to the batter-runner, so there was obstruction.
I assume after awhile, you will tell us how it was ruled on the field, and how the protest turned out.
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Tom
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