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Old Tue Jan 07, 2014, 03:13pm
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Well, if you were acting solo (one-man), you would handle both the obstruction call at third and the out call at second. With two-man, however, the PU takes the OBS call, and the BU would make the call on the BR at second.

As for calling "dead ball", is that really necessary, given the fact that the out at second base was the third out of the inning? What is appropriate for ASA play? Would "Time" be the better verbal here? Does it matter?
"Dead Ball!" is the proper call when an obstructed runner is put out prior to reaching the base they would have reached absent the obstruction.

As you say, it really doesn't matter here, since we are dealing with the third out of the inning, but I would recommend it as a matter of consistency. Calling the dead ball stops all further play.
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Old Tue Jan 07, 2014, 03:49pm
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"Dead Ball!" is the proper call when an obstructed runner is put out prior to reaching the base they would have reached absent the obstruction.
Honestly, I think dead ball or time work perfectly well here. Given that we have a third out - nothing really needs to be said to kill the ball - so I likely go with "Time!"; but either declaration alerts those that need to know that we have something further to inform them of.
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Old Tue Jan 07, 2014, 07:25pm
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Honestly, I think dead ball or time work perfectly well here. Given that we have a third out - nothing really needs to be said to kill the ball - so I likely go with "Time!"; but either declaration alerts those that need to know that we have something further to inform them of.
Just that the players are more used to "dead ball" during active play, so that they stop, even if the OBS runner is headed home.
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