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Originally posted by dvellison
No honest, impartial umpire would make a judgement of that play and say that Erstad's only intent was to injure another player. In this play there are only two possibilities when making the judgement call to determine malicious contact.
1) Did the baserunner legally make contact with the catcher with the sole intent of injuring the catcher without regard to scoring the run?
OR
2) Did the baserunner make contact with the catcher to dislodge the ball to avoid being tagged out and thus scoring a run?
It's that simple. You decide which one honestly fits this situation.
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You are confusing intent and purpose. If I smash a window only because I wanted to rob the store, did I still not intend to smash the window?