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Originally Posted by BigUmp56
I guess I'm not very clear on what you're saying, DG. Are you trying to say that there can be no MC calls at any other base except home? If so, I assure youi that's not the case. All contact judged malicious is an immediate ejection, including defensive MC(unnecessarily hard tag, trip, etc...) The rule clarification was put in place to allow for the runner at home to be called out on MC regardless of whether or not he reached the plate prior to the contact.
Tim.
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You are reading between the lines and there is nothing there.
"CONTACT RULE (All Babe Ruth and Cal Ripken Baseball Divisions) - If a runner attempting to reach home plate intentionally and maliciously runs into a defensive player in the area of home plate, he will be called out on the play and ejected from the game. The objective of this rule is to penalize the offensive team for crashing the defensive player, rahter than trying to reach home plate. Obviously, this is an umpire's judgement call."
That's all there is in the Babe Ruth rulebook on malicious contact. Key words are "home plate". Unless of course the rule has changed for 2006, I only have the 2005 book.