Obstruction in rundown (NFHS)

Comp said:

It is how obstruction works in the sense that an obstructed runner cannot be put out between the 2 bases where obstructed. Once the obstruction is called, the runner can do just about anything they want with the exceptions that have been listed and the worst that is going to happen is they get put back at the previous base. Attempting to score once the obstruction has been called is exactly what the runner should do, they have nothing to lose.

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Comp said:

I just continue to be amazed by the crap supposed umpires come up with. There are a few minor differences in the obstruction rule between nfhs and usa, but none that would apply in this situation.

The rule is very clear, once a runner is obstructed they may not be put out between the 2 bases where obstructed. Again, there are some exceptions but none apply in the play presented. There is nothing in the rule about the runner is only protected in the direction she was headed at the time she was obstructed. It is very simple, once obstructed the runner cannot be out between those 2 bases. Once the play is over or the runner is put out the umpires are to place the obstructed runner and any other runners affected by the obstruction the base or bases they would have reached absent the obstruction.

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Comp said:

I just continue to be amazed by the crap supposed umpires come up with. There are a few minor differences in the obstruction rule between nfhs and usa, but none that would apply in this situation.

The rule is very clear, once a runner is obstructed they may not be put out between the 2 bases where obstructed. Again, there are some exceptions but none apply in the play presented. There is nothing in the rule about the runner is only protected in the direction she was headed at the time she was obstructed. It is very simple, once obstructed the runner cannot be out between those 2 bases. Once the play is over or the runner is put out the umpires are to place the obstructed runner and any other runners affected by the obstruction the base or bases they would have reached absent the obstruction.

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