obstruction

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by mroyal

How do you work around the first part of that rule: 8.3.1?

When a runner is obstructed (2-22) while advancing or returning to a base, the umpire shall award the obstructed runner and each other runner affected by the obstruction the bases they would have reached, in his opinion, had there been no obstruction. If the runner achieves the base he was attempting to acquire, then the obstruction is ignored.[FONT=Helvetica-Condensed][SIZE=5][COLOR=#231f20][FONT=Helvetica-Condensed][SIZE=5][COLOR=#231f20][SIZE=5]

You're not the first to note (or be caught by) that seeming discrepancy. It gets talked about on the boards a couple of times a year.

FED made some change to this rule a couple of years ago, and the wording they added made it confusing.

They mean that if the runner acquires the base to which he was ADVANCING, and that's as far as he would go, that the obstrcution would be ignored. If he's obstructed while returning, then he gets the minimum one base award.