Thread: Obstruction at First Base: Where's the Protection?
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Old Fri Jul 10, 2015, 12:52pm
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Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. View Post
Situation: B/R1 has rounds 1B and goes about ten feet toward 2B. B1 now decides to return to 1B. F4 obstructs B1 while he/she is attempting to return to 1B and B1 is tagged out.

NFHS Softball: The out is negated and B1 is awarded 1B.

NFHS Baseball: The out is negated and B1 is awarded 2B.

MTD, Sr.
The softball version makes more sense 99% of the time. OBS awards are not meant to be punitive, but rather are meant to make things back to what they would have been absent the obstruction (the only real punitive part is that the defense might lose the opportunity for an out that they might have otherwise gotten). Baseball's version adds on penalties. Not a fan.
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