Obstruction/Interference/Nothing???Discuss

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Originally Posted by UmpJM (nee CoachJM)

ozzy,

Under OBR, a BR obstructed before reaching 1B is ALWAYS "Type A", regardless of whether a play is being made on him.

Under OBR, that's an immediate dead ball (so the ball going out of play "never happened"), aand the BR gets 1B.

Under FED, you keep the ball in play until it enters DBT. Then you kill it and award runners 2 bases. It was the DEFENSE'S actions that were the root cause of the ball going out of play. No way I'm "bailing them out" by making the "lesser" of the two awards resulting from the action of the play.

JM

This is what JJ and I agreed on. Also NCAA same as Fed on this one..... (actually we [JJ and I] did not speak of the Pro ruling, but I would agree with you on that also.)