interference or obstruction?

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by topper

I undertand, but your you first post confuses me in that it stated that "Had the OBS not occurred, R1 still would have been out.". It either is, or is not, OBS. If it is, I certainly don't need to tell you that the runner cannot be called out. If you meant that you would not have had OBS, then it's a matter of judgement, not rules.

If that is what you are looking for, fine, you got it.

BTW, how many people do live in Wilmington?

Don't know, don't care especially since I've never lived in Wilmington.

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Don't know, don't care especially since I've never lived in Wilmington.

Right. You live in the BIG city!

Just to be clear, in the OP, it is problematical from the description given whether there even was obstruction (was R1 already retired?; was R1 saved from crash interference by F4 throwing the ball at the last second?...)

But, if there WAS obstruction, it doesn't matter whether R1 was a dead duck. She is now not out, and is placed on 2B (if BR is safe) or back on 1B if BR was put out (again, assuming R1 would not have made 2B had there been no OBS).