We were sent home early by this call:
ITB; runner on second. Batter/runner hits a low liner off of pitchers leg. Ball deflects towards third base. Short stop changes direction to field the ball and collides with base runner going from 2nd to 3rd. The ball remains in the infield. The catcher picks it up about 1/2 way down the 3rd base line.
Base umpire awards the runner going from 2 to 3 an extra base (home and a run scored), giving the team at bat the go ahead run.
UIC was called to explain the ruling. UIC said it was the base umps judgement that the runner going from 2 - 3 would have made it home had the obstruction not occured.
Common sense tells me the runner would have stayed at 3 with the catcher holding the ball on the 3B baseline. Anyways, common sense isn't mentioned in the rule book so there is lots of room for interpretation of how this call could have gone. It's all over now, so it really doesn't matter. Its just a shame a close game like this is left up to the decision of an umpire.