ASA's New OBS Rule

[Dakota]

Here is a quote from the ASA web site on the published 2005 rule changes...

Rule #8, Section 5 B 1 1. An obstructed runner may not be called out between the two bases where obstructed unless properly appealed for:
NEW a) when an obstructed runner, after the obstruction, safely obtains the base they would have been awarded, in the umpire’s judgment, had there been no obstruction and there is a subsequent play on a different runner, the obstructed runner is no longer protected between the bases where they were obstructed and may be put out,
... Comment: This change maintains an offense/defense balance that eliminates confusion on an obstruction play between bases.

I assume this is an editorial oversight. Certainly, this is not an appeal play.