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Bishopcolle Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:21pm
GA Umpire says: "So, in the OP, I still have OBS but no awards are given if not playing under Fed or any rule set which automatically awards at least 1 base on OBS."

If F1 blocks the bag on a pickoff play at 1st, without the ball, and OBS is called, is the runner only protected back to 1st, or is he awarded 2nd on the OBS?

UmpJM Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:30pm
Bishopcolle,

Whether NFHS, NCAA, or OBR if a runner is obstructed while the defense is "making a play" on him, he is awarded one base beyond his position at the time he was obstructed.

What actually constitutes obstruction varies somewhat from one code to another.

JM

steveshane67 Tue Jun 16, 2009 11:01pm
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Originally Posted by steveshane67 (Post 606820)
I understand if the runner falls down OBS would be called, but Ive never seen a base awarded when the runner and the fielder "merely bump shoulders" or similar "incidental contact", which seems to be the situation described by the OP and was the situation I was trying to imply in my post.
Sorry about this, apparently [ASA] softball and MLB baseball have different rulings on OBS, and I was going off of my softball playing days where OBS is all to common.


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