What's the call ?

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

I thought we were only protecting him to 1B? Maybe we weren't unanimous on that.

Does it matter? He's out at second.

[johnnyg08]

You're right, it doesn't...unless there's a protest, you might want to explain yourself correctly. But I agree with you. When I initially replied on this, I protected him to 2B, then called him out. But after talking about it w/ others, I changed my thought to only protect to 1B...the benefits of being able to change your mind on a forum, not a field.

[JJ]

Originally Posted by MrUmpire

Does it matter? He's out at second.

Unless you're protecting him to second - then the runner on second is "forced" to go to third. And we start this discussion all over again

JJ

[UmpJM]

I'm a little late to this party, but, as the OP is presented, I've got the BR out at 2B when both he and the R2 are tagged while they are both standing on 2B.

The remedy for "Type B" obstruction in OBR is to "nullify the act of obstruction".

So, what would have (likely) happened if the BR had NOT been obstructed?

He would have reached 2B a couple of steps sooner and been tagged while touching a base that offered him no protection (since it was legally occupied by the R2).

Since the obstruction had no bearing on the R2 remaining on 2B, the BR is still out, despite the obstruction.

JM