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Originally Posted by blindofficial
How do you handle an obvious play at the plate where the runner has no choice but to run over the catcher in order to get to the plate because the catcher is blocking it?
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In Fed, and most youth leagues, the runner has three choices: slide, avoid, or attempt to avoid. You will notice that bull rush the catcher is not one of them.
For Fed:
A) The catcher has the ball, or is in the act of catching the ball, and is in the runners way. This is not obstruction. The catcher is allowed to block the plate. If contact is initiated by the runner and it qualifies as running over (malicious) the runner is out and ejected. He would have (most likely) been tagged out anyway.
B) The catcher does not have the ball and is not in the act of catching the ball but is blocking the plate anyways. This is obsctruction and the runner should be awarded home. However, if contact is initiated by the runner and it qualifies as running over (malicious) the runner is out and ejected. He should have scored but is out and out instead.
Morale: Do not run over the catcher.