You as the umpire would on this play have to determine how much the obstruction cost the runner. You state that it took about 2 seconds for the runner to untangle from F6…. How far can an unobstructed runner go in 2 seconds, it is also mentioned the runner slowed down because of F6 on the bag not just the tangle between F6 & the BR. If it’s 15 feet or more then the runner should have been signaled safe. If it’s not that much distance then the call was correct. Either way it’s a judgement call and if there was more than one umpire it would be okay if the crew got together to discuss this call. In this case they recovered the ball after they seemed to get it back to the infield quickly…..but there was more to the obstruction than just the tangle of the two at 2nd. I might have said no he’s safe on the obstruction and awarded him the base at home.
You as the umpire would on this paly have to determine how much the obstruction cost the runner. You state that it took about 2 seconds for the runner to untangle from F6…. How far can an unobstructed runner go in 2 seconds, it is also mentioned the runner slowed down because of F6 on the bag not just the tangle between F6 & the BR. If it’s 15 feet or more then the runner should have been signaled safe. If it’s not that much distance then the call was correct. Either way it’s a judgement call and if there was more than one umpire it would be okay if the crew got together to discuss this call. In this case they recovered the ball after they seemed to get it back to the infield quickly…..but there was more to the obstruction than just the tangle of the two at 2nd. I might have said no he’s safe on the obstruction and awarded him the base at home.
Gerry G
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