F2 drops ball on tag while blocking plate

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by wadeintothem

No the catcher didnt. YOu are inventing something just to have a rule to throw around. This play was good to go. It would be boring to discuss not having a rule. I was trying to help the umpire understand how to REALLY call this play..
not discuss a rule for the sake of it.

Once again, revisionist memory. Here (since you apparently need it) is the OP, with parts highlighted for your consideration:

Originally Posted by DTQ_Blue

...F2, having gone to her knees to make the initial tag attempt is now on the ground blocking the plate with the ball easily within her reach on the ground. The runner quickly (and smartly) reaches around F2 and touches the plate just before F2 can pick up the ball and tag her. So I have "safe."

I asked my partner after the game if he thought this would be OBS if it were the other way around and F2 had tagged the runner before the touch. He said that is considered a trainwreck and would not have been OBS.

Now, we have F2 blocking the plate, F2 does not have the ball, and R1 must go around (albeit only a reach) to get to the plate. Was this OBS? Don't know. Wasn't there. But, the answer is most certainly NOT to give the call to whoever tags / touches first. The answer is if the runner was impeded, you have OBS regardless of who tags / touches first.