NGuzman

Some background information for context, this is an 8u machine pitch game, the base coach is really the pitching machine operator and head coach is at 3rd. Immediately after the play ends the machine operator chirps to head coach "we got a problem, outfielder can't come into the infield and tag a runner." Head coach looks at him and then at me and says with eyebrows raised "obstruction!" I immediately say no, gave him a quick explanation of what is in the rules, and that fielder is the word used in defensive scenarios within the book, fielder once again can be anybody, and a tag can be made by any fielder according the the term definitions within the book. Base coach then comes over and says "I've known baseball all my life and this has never been legal, T-ball, 8u, 10u, an outfielder can't make a tag." Also in the stands is the parks commissioners wife who sides with coaches and claims in the one in the wrong. I did some digging between innings and found a little bit of evidence that supported my explanation. Also said base coach gave me a hard time earlier in that teams season when they sent a runner from third to try and score who ended up being beat by a mile by the throw from F3 and eventually being tagged out in a pickle wanted an "interference" call because the catcher stood on the first base side of the plate while the runner was maybe 10 feet past 3rd in the initial throw from F3.

With no outs in an inning, H1 bats a ball to F6 who makes a wild throw to F3, the ball goes other F3 but F9 plays close back up and catches the ball. With the impending wild throw, the 1st basecoach instructs H1 to run to 2nd. With the position that F9 is in, he is able to catch the ball and catches H1 attempting to make it to 2nd, and tags H1 before H1 safely reaches second, and the play ends. Time is called out and the basecoach and manager of the hitting team approach and exclaim that a tag by an outfielder is obstruction. Within the CalRipken/BabeRuth Rule book there is no scenario I have found that accurately describe this play and what the approved ruling would be. My call on the field is an out occurred on the tag, and that the tag id legal because the outfielder is a fielder, which is defined as "any defensive player." I ruled with the definition of a tag which I have a screenshot below of, which F9 did legally. I ruled obstruction did not occur with the definition of obstruction in mind, and also it is below. Is this the correct ruling?

Thats exactly what happened after the protest unfortunately. We didn't want to hold onto it because of the age group and trying to be positive influences for our players.

R2 never advanced to 3rd, after being passed by R1 between 2nd and 3rd, R1 was called out, while R2 returned to 2nd

Hello everybody, coming from a coaches/umpire perspective. I had a weird instance the other night in an 8u Babe Ruth league game. For context the situation is a runner on second, and a runner on first with no outs. The ball is hit to the pitcher who attempts to throw the ball to third to get the lead runner out on the force, the pitcher overthrows the ball but the ball doesn't go very far past the base and ends up in the hands of the catcher. I will say this, The ball never goes to third. At this point the lead runner attempts to go back to 2nd base, and is passed by the trail runner before the lead runner reaches second. The trail runner is called out, but the explanation was because the lead runner returned to second the play becomes a force again and he must advance to third or be called out. At this point the play was called dead by the umpire which resulted in the umpire calling the lead runner out for failing to advance on the force. Is this the correct ruling?