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I refer to a collision as what is also called a "train wreck"; contact between a runner and a defender which isn't interference by rule, or obstruction by rule. The rules don't leave too many instances where that is still the case, but the two I can think of, off the top of my head are:
1) this play; a deflected batted ball with fielder still having an opportunity for an out, and a runner unintentionally making contact (no matter who initiates the contact); and
2) contact that isn't a "crash" (and no flagrant or unnecessary force) between a runner and a fielder who has just received the ball.
In most other cases, I think the current rules (ASA and NFHS) make contact either obstruction or interference; can anyone else think of a rule exception (yeah, this should maybe be another new thread).
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