interference or obstruction?

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Originally Posted by umpire george

R1 on 1st base. B2 hits ball to F4, standing in baseline. F4 has opportunity to tag R1 but decides to toss ball to F6 for force out. Ball reaches F6 in plenty of time for force but R1 in attempting to reach 2nd base runs into F4 without the ball.
I call obstruction on F4. Did I make right call?

No you did not make the right call IMO, and I did not HTBT to know that.

You made a big error and you should do what I do when I make an error, you should beat yourself up over it so hopefully you dont do it again. It truly was a horrible call.

F4 is either fielding a batted ball OR R1 is out. There is no nano second OBS from the moment of release of the throw to the moment of the catch by F6. Thats not the intent of the rules and I'm surprised anyone is making any comments to the contrary.

This is not even OOO (which would be a best case situation for this scenario), this is a blown call.

In fact, I'd say if F6 had missed the throw you might have gotten away with a freebie OOO int Out, which would be preferable to this horrible OBS call.