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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve
But let's be equally clear; ASA doesn't have a warning, but ASA also doesn't consider it a violation of "physically assisting a runner" if coaches or players "high-five" or otherwise congratulate a player that has hit a home run over the fence (running the bases during a dead ball).
The only reason it is a warning in NCAA is the "coaches wrote the rulebook" response; not because anyone ever considered it assisting a runner.
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Absolutely, Steve. That's why I made sure I wrote "physically assisted" and not "touched."
Simply touching a runner is NOT an out in ASA. A runner who is
physically assisted by an offensive team member other than another runner is out (ASA 8-7-E). A high-five, in my opinion, is not physically assisting a runner, especially on an over-the-fence homerun.
Physically congratulating, yes. Physically assisting, no.
