[ozzy6900]

Interesting responses and opinions. But in thinking about this OP, I seem to recall that I (the umpire) am the sole judge of many aspects of the game. If I judge that a runner was in control of his body, then that is the end of it! It doesn't matter if the manager or the fans agree or not, I am the judge of the situation, not them. If I judge that a runner is in control of his body and is shoved off the base, then the runner is going to stay right there and I may get rid of the offender. If I judge that the runner was not in control of his body because a simple bump from a fielder reaching around the runner knocked him off the base, then "OUT" will be the call when tagged. Again, opinions from others do not matter nor will they be entertained by me. So now as far as the OP goes, I would have to be there to render a proper decision, but I think that I would be leaning to the OUT call for the runners lack of body control.