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Originally Posted by greymule
[B]My only question was, In ASA, can the umpire declare the runner out if he commits such a violation before he touches home plate?
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The ump could, and should! There's simply no call for that kind of unsportsmanlike action, and it should immediately result in a penalty. It's been my experience that if an umpire fails to act quickly on this, s/he's going to have a mess on their hands when other players want retribution of their own kind. Players start coming out of dugouts, gloves get dropped, things get heated fast.
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Originally Posted by greymule
[B]Section 8-7 covers a crash when the fielder has the ball, not a deliberate crash into a fielder who does not have the ball.
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Very true, and I stand corrected. I'd still call the player out and toss him for USC.
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Last edited by NCASAUmp; Mon May 07, 2007 at 09:46am.
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