Question on ASA Obstruction Award Procedure

[HawkeyeCubP]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

Any comments about procedure on this play, not necessarily ASA?
Ball hit to outfield, R1 rounding 3rd is OBS by F5, called by PU. R1 continues to home, barely beaten by throw and tagged "out". PU judges the OBS made enough difference that R1 would have beaten the throw without it. PU calls dead ball, checks position of other runners; announces "runner safe on obstruction - at 3rd".

Yes. The ruling sounds fairly wrong to me.

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by HawkeyeCubP

Yes. The ruling sounds fairly wrong to me.

Other than the clarification I just posted for Dakota, why?

[HawkeyeCubP]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

Other than the clarification I just posted for Dakota, why?

Your clarification helps. I have no problem with the ruling on R1.

[IamMatt]

I think we thought the runner was being put on 3rd because the dash seems to break up the obstruction and the base. If you left out the dash ("runner safe on obstruction at 3rd)" we might have gotten it quicker, though your sentence structure appears right. If you had meant the runner was being put safely at 3rd, you would have put together the "safe" part and the base part, something like, "runner safe on 3rd due to obstruction."

[CecilOne]

Edited to stop confusing readers:

announces "runner safe at home -- obstructed at 3rd".

Now that I stopped confusing everyone with my description, back to my question:
"Any comments about procedure on this play, not necessarily ASA? "
That is, assume ruling correct and the language structure correct, what about the procedure/mechanic?