Thread: ASA vs NFHS
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Old Tue Aug 05, 2008, 12:45am
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Originally Posted by rwest
The runner is out for malicious contact. Per rule 8-6-14 "Malicious contact supersedes obstruction". But is the ruling the same in ASA? I can't find "malicious contact" in the rule book. Where is USC defined? I find Crash Interference, but that only applies when the fielder has the ball.
USC is left to the umpire's discretion in ASA. Not everything needs to be strictly defined.
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