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Originally Posted by Steven Tyler
I got you now. What your saying is it's perfectly legal for a runner who knows he is going to be out, say at third, plow over F5. Then since the play continues, he can go on in and plow into F2 to score the run. I guess if there are two outs, tie ball game and bottom of the last inning, malicious contact is a good play. That rule really works well the way you explained it. The only modification I see is ejection.
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I expect, that in the BIGS, if a runner who had just plowed into F5 to make him drop the ball, jumps up and runs home to try to score he would be met by a really pissed off catcher who has lost all interest in the ball and is ready to fight.