I don't think I said it wasn't OBS.

If you read in total:
"That said, I do believe that OBS is the correct call in the OP. I can just envision a young JO player becoming nervous about trying to make such a play and forgetting to get the ball first."

Technically, I believe the above statement is correct, as the definition of a fake tag is:

A form of obstruction by a fielder who attempts to tag a runner without the ball and thereby impedes a runner advancing or returning to a base.
In my catcher misses ball but tries to tag runner anyway scenario, I'm unlikely to call OBS since the runner scored anyway.

I'm more likely to call OBS when F5 positions him/herself on the base and pretends to be in the act of receiving a throw from the outfield in an attempt to get the runner to slide into the base or slow down when in fact no play is being made on that runner. In fact, I have called that exact play a couple of times in the past couple of years and added a warning to the coach and player that it better not happen again.

I think this is one of those rules where intent actually does come into play, as in the intent of the defender attempting to deceive a baserunner. While this is acceptable practice in MLB and is seen quite often on a run and hit where the runner doesn't pick up where the batted ball is, I think the actual intent for ASA and other associations is to not allow this deception. So maybe this is one of those rules that might use a bit of wordsmithing.

A tag without the ball in almost all cases will result in OBS, but not UC or MC. A "pretend" tag would carry the additional penalty of UC.

I think what many of us had in mind was that the fielder was never even attempting to field the batted ball and was attempting a "bush league" play.

She must've been hanging around too many of her daddy's SP games. ;)

How do you know it wasn't her daddy's SP game? There is no indication of the game, division or class.

I was about to say the same thing. And I couldn't tell by the OP that a "bush play" was being attempted. Apparently we read things differently, which is why I always get in trouble taking the ASA exam. So my advice is, don't read too much into it. ;)

OK, how'd you do that? How'd you edit your original post without it saying it was edited? Because, I know with absolute certainty that originally, your post said, ""That said, I do not believe that OBS is the correct call in the OP.... :o

I plead ignorance. I'm just not that savvy with this posting stuff. I'm never sure when I log in what's new or not because sometimes the new stuff is bolded, and sometimes it's not. I log out and exit the browser I was in.

So who knows? I always attribute stuff like that to gremlins. :)

Yeah, gremlins between eyeball and brain... ;)

As we say at my job... PEBKAC. :D

Yup... PEBEAB :)

I have a question about a hypothetically different ending to this play (in bold below):

OK, so we have OBS on F4 for the trip. But now we have malicious INT on R1.

Does the INT make the third out and end the inning? Or is R1 ejected (no out) and a substitute has to run for her at 2B?

INT takes precedence. R1 out and ejected.

No he meant OBS
 

OBS is on the defense and INT is on the offense. The defense is protected from OBS if they are fielding a batted ball or attempting a tag with possession of the ball. However, if they are not in possession of the ball when they attempt the tag, they do not have that protection.