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Paragraph G: When the ball, runner, and defensive player arrive at the same time and place, and contact is made, the umpire should no invoke crash rule, interference or obstruction It is a incidental contact (a.k.a. wreck)
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Which I believe is very poor and antiquated advice that contradicts the rules. The situations cited are all HTBT judgment calls and no blanket statement should be made concerning the enforcement.
With the exception of the BR/C collision path, the rules and equipment have been manipulated to make insure the runner and defender are never in the same place at the same time.
How often is this the result of poor defensive play? So, when F3 lunges off 1B for a wide throw and knocks the BR to the ground as the ball goes flying by, the umpire should rule a "train wreck" and the runner out, if tagged.
Of course, this is JMO.