What do you think of this?

[bob jenkins]

Originally posted by DG

You might want to read 7.06 again. 7.06(a) starts out with "if a play is being made on the obstructed runner".

And it continues with "OR if the batter-runner is obstructed before he touches first base.."

So, in OBR, it's type A, the ball is dead, BR is awarded at least first (farther if the umpires so judge), other runners are awarded the base they would have reached (again umpire judgment). If the umpires in the play at hand judge that's second for BR, then the other runners will be "forced" to advance and the runs will count.

Under FED, all obstruction is a delayed dead ball. Outs on unobstructed runners stand. The rest of the award is as above.