Obstruction Protection

[Caesar's Ghost]

Originally Posted by Steven Tyler

I'd have to see that one in writing.

RIF.

FED 8-3-2, 4th sentence "If any preceding runner is forced to advance by the awarding of a base or bases to an obstructed runner, the umpire shall award this preceding runner the necessary base or bases."

Other codes have similar language.

Now, in the revised FED play where obstructed R1 reaches third, and then retreats to second, I'd let the play stand.

[rbmartin]

I do not have my book in front of me but I'm thinking that if the runner advanced to the base to which he would have been awarded due to OBS, then voluntarily retreats to a previous base, then he gets nothing from me. I think this would be my ruling in either OBR or FED.

[Steven Tyler]

Originally Posted by Caesar's Ghost

RIF.

FED 8-3-2, 4th sentence "If any preceding runner is forced to advance by the awarding of a base or bases to an obstructed runner, the umpire shall award this preceding runner the necessary base or bases."

Other codes have similar language.

Now, in the revised FED play where obstructed R1 reaches third, and then retreats to second, I'd let the play stand.

If you had a R2 & R1, and R1 was obstructed by F3 going back to the bag, yeah advance all runners due to the obstruction....That's as good an example as any. When both runners are running in "reverse", it kind of hard to advance runners.

Does it give a case play to any effect?

I don't have books anymore.