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Originally posted by AtlUmpSteve
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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So what's your call?
I'm looking at it from this way...the only reason the fielder may have possibly, and that's a stretch...have an opportunity to get an out is because of the contact with the BR...which was initiated by the fielder...how could we penalize the BR for the fielder running into her (without the opportunity to may the play)?