A couple of obstruction questions (OBR)

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Originally Posted by Welpe

However BR hasn't legally acquired 2B since R2 is already occupying it. If you protect BR to 2B, he hasn't aquired it so he would be awarded 2B, wouldn't he?

Good thought, though in this case it wouldn't apply.

With Type B Obstruction we have the luxury of being able to use all the information available for the entire play as the basis to determine what award, if any, will be made.

While we may have initially protected the batter-runner to 2b on the Obstruction that can change as the play develops. In this case R2 failed to advance, resulting in the batter-runner being tagged out. Absent the obstruction would the result have been different?