Not another obstruction thread

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Don't know about Fed, but ASA (which I would think is similar). ALL runners affected by an obstruction are awarded the bases which, in the umpire's judgment, they would had obtained had the OBS not occurred.

It is the same in Fed.

[CecilOne]

It basically boils down to what Irish said: "umpire recognized that the OBS affected the runner".

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I'm thinking you could put the B/R on third using this logic:

A. If the runner had gone home cleanly, there would have been a play at the plate, giving the B/R the opportunity to go to third. Of course, then you get into whether she could have gotten there safely.

B. She could not, because of how the play ended up after the obstruction, take third because someone else was there.

Don't know, seems a bit of a stretch, but HTBT.

[AtlUmpSteve]

Originally Posted by [email protected]

I'm thinking you could put the B/R on third using this logic:

A. If the runner had gone home cleanly, there would have been a play at the plate, giving the B/R the opportunity to go to third. Of course, then you get into whether she could have gotten there safely.

B. She could not, because of how the play ended up after the obstruction, take third because someone else was there.

Don't know, seems a bit of a stretch, but HTBT.

It is one he!! of a stretch, since we are NOT to consider subsequent play as part of the recognition of the affect to a runner.

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Steve, I agree. I was thinking you'd have to make that decision at the time of the obstruction and its immediate impact. Very difficult to judge all the possible and probable results. So my posting was intended more theoretical than practical. Should have said so.