Question on obstruction

[CecilOne]

I still think what I said before, which means no decision on what base to award until the actions of the runners has been completed. That is the meaning of "awarded the base or bases which would have been reached, in the umpire's judgement, had there not been obstruction".

Originally posted by CecilOne
I thought the OBS rule/penalty was to negate any disadvantage to the runner resulting from being illegally impeded.
If so, there is no necessity to decide at the moment the OBS occurs which base will be "awarded". We don't know what the runner and fielder will do.
Temporarily ignore the possible dead ball caused by an apparent put out. After action ends, judge whether the runner has reached the base which would have been attained with no OBS and if not, "award" that one.
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