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Originally Posted by Dakota

What was her coach doing??
This is a good question. The player needs to listen to the coach, not the other team.
Anyway, is there a case for obstruction?

This would really depend on if the umpire heard a coach of players from the defensive team yelling with the intent to deceive the runner. Yes, if the players (field or bench) or the coaching staff are yelling to deceive the runner or batter runner it can be verbal obstruction. To call this you better be darn sure that the coaches or players were attempting to confuse or deceive the offensive team.

If not, run does not score since the force was reinstated. (Cue the discussion about whether the BR is "forced".)

What about this situation. 2 outs, bottom of the 7th inning, home team down 1 run. Runners at second and third. Batter hits a single to CF. Batter runner touches first base and the runner from 2nd is attempting to score. The batter-runner, after touching first base steps back toward home to see the game winning run score, The defense, knowing they can't get the runner at home, throws to F3, who tags the batter runner who is standing 3 feet in front of 1b (but who has already touched it), before the runner scores. What is the result? Does the defense win by a run, it is a tie game, or does the home team win with 2 runs in the bottom of the 7th.