OBS then INT

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Originally Posted by Welpe

For Fed, the closest citation I am able to find is 8.3.2 Situation H which has a runner rounding third being obstructed and then the BR interfering with the play at first. The ruling's first sentence is this "The umpire shall deal with obstruction and then interference, since this is the order in which the infractions occurred."

Since the rules do not specify that interference supersedes obstruction, I'd enforce this play as if R2's interference was that of a runner that had already scored.

For OBR, I'd have to check J/R which is at home.

For Fed, I'll go along with what Welpe has posted.

For OBR, I had something somewhat similar happen to me in a "controlled game" play at the Umpire School, and I was told that the INT trumped the OBS. I'm not sure if my situation applies in this OP situation.

R1 and a base hit to right field: R1 was obstructed by F3, so I signaled OBS. R1 headed without hesitation to 3rd and as the ball was coming in, R1 stuck his hand out to deliberately deflect it. (The throw would have put him out at 3rd, but since this was going to be somewhat of a close play at 3rd, I was going to award it to him because of the OBS back at 1st). However, I was eventually told that his INT with the throw negated the OBS, so R1 would be declared out for INT. The explanation was that the obstructed runner still has the responsibility of running the bases legally.