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Old Wed Jul 11, 2007, 10:07am
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Originally Posted by LIIRISHMAN
THe hypothetical play mentioned here is a intersting one. According to the rules we must punish the offense that was wronged by the defense by the obstruction. Mike, would ASA address this any point in the future?
It doesn't need to be addressed. R2 can't pass R1. Period. R2 should have stopped. Coach should have been yelling at R2 to stop. There's nothing to remedy here other than poor baserunning.

If R2 stops, the umpires can easily award both runners home due to the OBS.
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