[greymule]

There is an ASA case play (10-1 or 10-2, if memory serves ... I don't have my case book with me today) that disallowed a run that had scored on a home run ball due to flagrant misconduct on the part of the batter-runner... but, I'm relying on memory also for the exact nature of the play.

See my earlier post, on page 3. As I remember, at the time this test question appeared (I didn't know it was in the case book, too), it was because it was new in ASA to have a batter or runner called out purely for USC. We then considered various derivations, such as what if the ball goes over the fence, the BR touches 1B after the runner scores, but then the BR slugs F3? The answer was run scores, BR out and ejected.

Same thing at home plate: with the ball rolling around in the outfield, the runner deliberately gouges F2's eye before crossing the plate. Out for USC, ejected, no run. But if he crosses the plate and then commits the USC, the run scores.

Some posters felt that if a runner could be out for no other reason than USC, a runner might also be called safe for no other reason that USC on the part of a fielder. However, barring OBS, that case doesn't apply.