Obstruction Situation ?

[greymule]

Maybe I'm thinking of OBR.

Believe it or not, after I posted my question, I had such plays THREE times in one game Monday night.

Runner from 2B, trying to score on a hit to center, obstructed at 3B and in running around the fielder missed the bag.

Later in the same game. Runner obstructed BOTH and 3B and at home on the same play (F5 standing on the front of 3B and same with F2 at home). Runner missed both bases, and in each case I'd say the fielder (apparently irrelevantly) "prevented" the touch in that the runner would have had to get tangled up with the fielder to touch the base.

Luckily for me, in no case did anyone appeal.

Unless the fielder is lying prone across the base and physically preventing the runner from touching any part, the runner must touch the base. 8-5-B.

Is this a rule or opinion?

[Edited by greymule on May 19th, 2005 at 01:40 PM]