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Originally Posted by RKBUmp
Watching LL softball on tv this morning. Seeing tons of obstructions not called and just saw an illegal pitch called with runners on 2 and 3 and all the did was give the batter a ball.
Anyone have the obstruction wording from the LL rule book, and what the penalty for an IP is?
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I saw some obstruction I thought should be called also, but that's a judgments call. A fielder without possession of the ball may not obstruct.
They also have it divided into type A (if a play is being made on the runner) and type B (when a play is not being made on a runner).
Simplifying with type A (such as F6 blocking second base on a steal - which is one I thought I saw), the runner is awarded a base. Type B the runner is given the base she would have achieved if there had been no obstruction. This differs from what you may be used to in that there is no automatic protection between the bases where the obstruction occurred.
On an illegal pitch, no bases are awarded, only a ball is awarded to the batter.