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Originally posted by bethsdad
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Originally posted by mcrowder
I called her out and ejected for malicious contact. She didn't lower her shoulder, but from what I saw (I was watching runner and pitcher, not the ball), she had time to avoid.
I settled him down with "MUST SLIDE OR AVOID" - she failed to do either.
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WHY ? The fielder didn't have the ball.
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That is the very point. Intentional collisions are absolutely unacceptable - they must be avoided. Independent of where the ball is, or if the defense has it or anything about the ball...
Collisions should be avoided as reasonable. PERIOD.
Intentionally running into someone is never, never, never acceptable. I don't understand why some of us are not understanding this SIMPLE safety rule.
You must be watching too many collisions on TV baseball games.
Intentional collisions are not allowed.