Award after obstruction on another runner

[CecilOne]

Seems clear to me, VG first post.

Other runners' positions are not determined by the timing of the OBS.

If the ball becomes dead because of an apparent putout of an obstructed, then check the others. There is a rule of thumb that progress 1/2 way is awarded forwarded, but in your case, the runner is "most of the way there at the time F2 tags R1"; so 3rd base.

[KJUmp]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

Seems clear to me, VG first post.

Other runners' positions are not determined by the timing of the OBS.

If the ball becomes dead because of an apparent putout of an obstructed, then check the others. There is a rule of thumb that progress 1/2 way is awarded forwarded, but in your case, the runner is "most of the way there at the time F2 tags R1"; so 3rd base.

Agree.
And to echo Cecil's comment....nice job on your first post.

[greymule]

Yes. Well-organized and lucid writing, superior to what I normally edit for physicians and Ivy League professors. You can't fake it. blueit is an educated man.

Stick around, blueit! Just don't ask about rising fastballs.

(Yes, I know there's a missing period at the end.)

[SethPDX]

Originally Posted by greymule

Stick around, blueit! Just don't ask about rising fastballs.

Go ahead and ask on the baseball forum. That thread has yet to come up this year.

[blueit]

Thanks for the replies.

I looked further last night & found this comment on "delayed dead ball" in the NFHS case book: "... the umpire, at the end of playing action, declares the ball dead, for the purpose of making an award or imposing a penalty." It doesn't say "at the end of the play on the obstructed runner," but "at the end of playing action," so if a runner is going from 2B to 3B as the obstruction occurs, I'd say the "playing action" ends when she reaches 3B (or is tagged out -- she shouldn't be protected because there's obs. on another runner).

[Dakota]

When an obstructed runner is put out while she is still protected, the ball is dead immediately, hence there is no further playing action.