Obstruction after sacrifice fly

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Originally Posted by CecilOne

Any hindrance, contact not needed, but runner MUST be hindered or impeded.

This is spot on.

Originally Posted by CecilOne

If in your case, if the runner was hindered and that caused the tag to beat the slide, then probably OBS.

But this is not quite right. Even if the runner would have been out by 10 feet if the catcher hinders the runner, we have obstruction. In my case, you'd be returning the player to third and in yours awarding home, but whether we have obstruction does not turn on whether the obstruction was enough to turn a safe into an out. (Perhaps it should be but it isn't).