Train wreck gone?

[mcrowder]

If fielder didn't catch that errant ball, what happened to the runner after your play? Sounds like OBS to me, but she'd have reached that base after the contact if the ball got away, right? So you have OBS that doesn't really matter, most of the time. If the fielder knocked the runner unconscious or in some other manner caused the runner to not reach the base, then you have OBS that does matter.

Why would you not have OBS on this play? Why would you WANT to not have OBS on this play? Fielder's action without the ball prevented the runner from reaching a base she would have otherwise reached without contact.