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I had an OBS situation tonight and was curious what everyone thought. High school varsity, FED rule set. I'm the PU. Runner on 2nd. Batter hits a base hit just over a leaping third baseman but directly to the left fielder who fields it cleanly. 3B obstructs the runner about 10 feet before third base. The runner ends up rounding third and getting thrown out easily at home. We decide to protect the runner only to third and uphold the out at the plate since the runner went home on his own accord. Offensive coach disagrees and wants his runner to be allowed back to third base. We stick with our call after lengthy discussion and a warning to the assistant coach. After replaying it in my mind over and over, there was no doubt that the runner was obstructed by the defender. The golden question is did we make the right call by only protecting the runner to third and upholding the out at the plate? Any feedback is appreciated.
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In a OBR scrimmage last night. 1 out, R3. Ball hit to RCF. I out, kid drops the ball, I signal and verbal " no catch". Bust back in to take the play at second. F4 is to the third base side on second. B/R rounds first and is headed to second. F4 misses the throw but thinks he has it, and true to make a "play" on b/r. B/R, seeing that the ball passed F4 slows down to stop at second and both players bump into each other. I verbal "that's nothing" and the play ends because F6 has the ball and I believe B/R wasn't trying to advance past second. I believe I got it right, but obs/inf is something that I have trouble with at times. So, what do you guys think? Also, same play. F6 gets lazy and doesn't back the play up. B/R tries to advance. I know to call obs, and let play continue. But since contact happened before second, could I protect the runner to third? Or just second?
