Subsequent Actions

[WestMichBlue]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

If there wasn't the OBS, how do you know the play would have unfolded as it did?

There were no other runners in my play, but I am confident that obstruction itself contributed to the end result of the play.

Had there not been obstruction, F8's careless play would have allowed the B-R to easily make 2B. Then F4 probably would have caught the ball and ran it back into the infield.

But with the obstruction, B-R was late into 2B and F4 saw a chance to make a play. But she was "throwing before she caught the ball" and fumbled the ball to the ground several feet away. That action allowed B-R to continue to 3B. So obstruction itself changed the game, and was a factor in subsequent actions.

That is why I have a hard time "drawing a line in the sand" and saying that, for obstruction purposes, the play ended here and my mind is locked. As I watched this play develop (I was PU) there were many continuous and interdependent factors that affected the end result.

In my case, the B-R was safe at 3B so no call was needed. But the various "what-ifs" cause me to wonder what all I would take into account had an out/safe or base award call been required.

WMB