Obstruction or nothing

[Rich]

You changed the play:

Have a question runner on 2. He begins to lead off at the same time the SS went to cover the bag in a act to keep him close. They got tangled up and no ball was thrown. Both kids got up and runner returned to 2.....what's the call

I said in *this* scenario, I'd have nothing other than to call time and let them reset. This implies that there was no pitch, no play, they got tangled up.

If this happened in the scenario you posted above, I'd call obstruction, but only to protect the runner.

To be honest, I'm not sure how I, as a base umpire, would even see this since it would be behind my back. Likely the plate umpire would have to get this. Even more likely, nobody would see it.