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Originally Posted by nickrego
The batter has no time to avoid contact, so he (in my opinion) instinctively crossed his arms in front of his body, and plows into the pitcher, who is attempting to tag him.
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I realize train wrecks happen a lot and this may only be in the way YOU worded this however, the runner would have had to know, that he was going to run into the pitcher, if he reacted by bringing his arms up.
The arms do not get raised instinctively, unless the brain instructs them to.
So then you have to ask, was the player really protecting hisself or plowing into the pitcher. Its a fine line and I probably would have had to been there however, from your description I would have argued the call also, because the player did interfer with the pitchers ability to make a play.