Obstruction & awards

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Secondly, it says the BU "wants" to score the obstructed runner, not that the runner would have scored had the obstruction not occurred. If I'm the BU, I'm keeping my mouth shut and dropping the arm.

This is the reason I asked if there was a second OBS on the runner that made the BU think, as in some codes, and I believe OBR, that the penalty for this OBS at third was automatically a base award. In the OP, it stated "Batter/Runner rounds 3b and stops seeing ball is back to infield. Base ump called obstruction and wants to score obstructed runner," and I was just trying to see what the BU's logic was.

I never have disagreed with the award of third, just the BU's reason for the award as stated in the OP. As I stated clearly, at least twice, the only thing that matters is the umpire's judgement in this matter. Some BU's might have a flawed enough judgment to think that home would be the proper award.