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Sounds like your "Billy Martin" will end up getting fired just like the real one did.
The reason for the additional wording to 6.05 (m) in the Babe Ruth rule book was to implement a more severe penalty other than just an ejection when a fielder crashes the catcher. If you judge malicious contact then he's out even if he contacted the plate first, unlike in other rules codes where the run is scored.
If he really needs a rule you can tell him that all malicious contact is unsportsmanlike conduct, which is covered in 9.01(d). Then, if that isn't enough to satisfy him you should tell him he can join his player in your ejection report if he would like.
Tim.
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