Am I missing something? I thought all he asked were opinions as to when others might call "ejections" and what the basis for their logic was. It seems folks are trying to figure out his specific play and HE said HTBT.
My opinion, for the small amount it's worth, if I saw a runner, who had the opportunity to slide and didn't, the catcher or fielder on the wrong side of the bag for a play and the runner simply crashed into the fielder ..... my gut says ..... nasty, nasty, it ain't right, not the normal stuff I'd want to see in youth games, be it 8's, 10's 12, 14's 16's or 18's .....it's youth.
The only way I might not call this "flagrant" or whatever word you choose, is if I see the runner try and hold up at the last instant.
Isn't one of our jobs is to be sure the youth play safely?
Hindsight might be: What's the runner thinking about on the way there? Tag the base first before I get tagged? Knock the ball out by hitting the catcher so she can't tag me? Was she going for the ball/glove or just hitting the catcher?
If anything, you send a message and it just may not happen again.
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