[MajorDave]

A FED safety related rule that exists in some form or fashion in all rule sets played by amateurs.

I say YES! FPSR violation-no doubt whatsoever. But, if the DP was obtained without calling it then by all means wait and call it only when necessary. If you think the contact was malicious then eject.

I called this once this year and did not wait to see if they got the back end of the DP at first. In these pics it looks to me like R1 had no intent to do anything but break up the DP. Did he?

I worked about 20 miles away from this field on a HS field in neighboring Covington. That turf looks exactly like University of Louisville's turf. No dirt except the mound. Sure helps prevent rainouts.

This game was an upset win by Beechwood (the team in Red). I have worked them a couple of times in the past. The Beechwood head coach has a long white Santa Claus style beard so in those red uniforms he looks like Santa coaching baseball. He is a fierce competitor who gives umpires hell. I had to restrict him to the dugout once. His team was winning and he was still arguing everything. I probably would have had to dump him if they were losing.