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Originally Posted by bwbuddy
(FED) What guidelines should be used when calling a runner out at home for making contact with the catcher? When should contact be considered incidental? What if the catcher was up the line 2 feet without possession of the ball? What if he drops the ball? Should contact significant enough to knock the catcher over always be called an out even if, in the umpire's judgement, the contact was accidental or unintentional?
I've seen this called so many different ways - obviously, parents and coaches' perceptions of the way it should be called is always different based on whether our team is on offense or defense.
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Guidelines? I suggest following the FED rulebook.
Contact should be considered incidental when it is.
Catcher up the line without possession? Obstruction.
Drops ball? Doesn't matter, obstruction if he was us the line without the ball.
Catcher being knocked over? Sometimes you have trainwrecks. There is contact in baseball.
Basically, sometimes you have to umpire.