A couple of obstruction questions (OBR)

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Shmuelg

socal,

Makes sense what you say. After all, why should the offense get an "award" for foolish baserunning?

But let me ask this question:

Say, BR did NOT go to 2B, and he went back to 1B. NOW what?

Do we not award him 2B (if in our judgement he would have made 2B absent the obstruction), and thereby give R2 3B?

Not in OBR, where the award aims to nullify the act of obstruction. Without OBS, BR would have ended up on 1B. If that's where he is now, then we're good.