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Old Thu May 24, 2007, 02:26pm
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Poor syntax by the rule writer, but the OR clause is to cover the case where the base the runner would have achieved is the first base of the two bases between which the obstruction occurred, so it means she has to ALSO be beyond those two bases, not just beyond the base she would have achieved.

8-5-B-2 covers the general case of not reaching the base she would have acheived before being put out.
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Old Thu May 24, 2007, 02:28pm
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Don't feel bad, Dukat. The first time I read that rule, I read it the same (wrong) way and thought the same thing. Then I read it again and again and realized my mistake, and came to what mcrowder and Dakota were saying. Slow your reading down.

My confusion on this rule should come as no surprise to those who have read my previous posts on obstruction.
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Old Thu May 24, 2007, 02:31pm
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Agreed, poor syntax. But, what else is new when it comes to language and rule books?

If you felt, at the time the OBS occurred, that the runner would have achieved home, then by all means award the runner home.
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