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Originally Posted by DG (Post 970903)

Check page 239 of 2015 BRD, item 368. According to this FED is treated same as NCAA and OBR. The example under OBR is F2 misses 3b due to obstruction and is safe on a close play at the plate. Defense appeals missed 3b. In FED/NCAA appeal is denied. In OBR it is umpire judgment, and as explained earlier judgment as to whether the runner would have touched absent the obstruction.

My screen shots are from official NFHS videos posted May of 2015. Kyle Mcneely was one of the compilers:
https://www.nfhs.org/articles/offici...s-this-spring/

They also have a strange take on RLI discussed here:RLI called when BR is thrown out? - High School - Umpire-Empire

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Originally Posted by umpjim (Post 970908)

Videos/interpretations not readily available are not very useful. The RLI example is another one, along with the obstruction case, that are not consistent with normal interpretations.