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Regarding USSSA, Ed was quoting from their rulebook (2020).
Note that it doesn't say "a subsequent play on a different runner." I'm not familiar with USSSA; can't speak to their interpretation.
ETA: USSSA's interpretations are here. http://usssa.com/docs/2018/2018_FP_Intrepretations.pdf
D. An obstructed runner may not be called out between the two bases where
the runner was obstructed except as follows:
1. The obstructed runner obtains the base they would have been
awarded had there been no obstruction and there is a subsequent play.
The obstructed runner is no longer protected if they leave the base.
Note that it doesn't say "a subsequent play on a different runner." I'm not familiar with USSSA; can't speak to their interpretation.
ETA: USSSA's interpretations are here. http://usssa.com/docs/2018/2018_FP_Intrepretations.pdf
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Whenever obstruction occurs, whether a play is being made on a runner or not, the
umpire will declare obstruction and signal a delayed dead ball. The ball will remain live.
If the obstructed runner is put out prior to reaching the base she would have reached had
there not been obstruction, a dead ball is called and the obstructed runner, and each other
runner affected by the obstruction, will be awarded the base(s) they would have reached,
in the umpire’s judgment, had there not been obstruction. A preceding runner would
advance to the next base if she occupied a base awarded to an obstructed runner.
An obstructed runner could be called out between the two bases she was obstructed if she
was properly appealed for missing a base or leaving a base before a fly ball was first
touched. If the runner committed an act of interference after the obstruction, this too
would overrule the obstruction.
If the obstructed runner is put out after passing the base she would have reached had there
been no obstruction, she is running at her own risk, if tagged, would be called out. The
ball remains live and other plays may be made.
When the runner is obstructed during a rundown, a delayed dead ball is called. If the
runner is tagged out after being obstructed, a dead ball is ruled, and she is awarded the
base she would have made had there been no obstruction. If the ball is overthrown after
the obstruction, the runner may advance. She may not be called out between two bases
where she was obstructed.
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