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Originally posted by IRISHMAFIA
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Originally posted by CecilOne
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Originally posted by IRISHMAFIA
You don't do a thing because before this happens, BU has killed the play and ruled on the obstruction. All subsequent action is ignored. If the trailing runner was more than half-way to 2B at the time R1 was tagged, they are allowed to stay at 2B. If not, the runner is returned to 1B.
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I though the point of what we have been saying is to delay the dead ball. Doesn't killing the play that soon penalize the offense by depriving the BR of the chance to reach 2nd, if she wasn't more than half-way? What if the initial tag out of an obstructed runner happened at 2nd instead of 3rd and there was a runner on 3rd who could score while the BR was in a rundown between 1st and 2nd?
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It doesn't make any difference, once the obstructed runner is tagged out, the play is killed.
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The "delay" goes into effect once the obstruction is observed. We wait for the play to finish before killing the ball, if necessary.
One thing that I use when determining where to place runners on an obstruction call: The defense violated. If in doubt, place the runners forward to penalize the infraction.
Mon May 19, 2003, 04:02pm
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