Question on obstruction

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Originally posted by dsimp8
ASA rules please......Two situations:

1)BR hits ball into the gap and while rounding 1B,he is obstructed by the 1Bman. .I would put my arm out for the obstruction call. Not seeing this the BR takes a few steps towards 2B then decides to go back to 1B. Do you put him on 2B or did he give up the right to go to 2B by returning to 1B.

Once again, this is why you get the big bucks!
It's completely your judgment as to whether you believe the runner would have made 2B safely had the OBS not occurred. If you feel there wasn't even an effort to advance, leave him at 1B

2) Rundown between 1B and 2B. The runner runs into the infielder (not intentionally) trying to return to 1B. Don;t you immeadiatly call "time" and put him on 1B or do you let the play continue?

If the runner wasn't put out, why would you kill the play?
BTW, intention is irrelevant.

If he turns to go back to 2B(if you let the play continue)do you drop your arm since he gave up the right to go back to 1B on the obstruction call?

Again, why would you do that?

Let's walk through this. Is there anything in the rules which terminates the OBS prior to the play being over, the OBS runner being put out, the runner ACTUALLY reaching the base to which they were awarded, INT or the new rule involving a subsequent play on another runner?

If none of these happened, you still have the OBS call.

Now, was there any exception to the rule which would allow you to call the obstructed runner out between the bases where he was obstructed?

Doesn't seem to be any, so the OBS is still the call.

BTW, any active runner (not BR) always has the right to reverse their direction unless doing so is creating a travesty of the game.