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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
There is also the question of how low the umpire is going to get to see whether any part of the runner's foot also touched the plate
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Agreed, but if the fielder's foot is, say, completely covering the front edge of the plate and the runner trips on it, an umpire can make the statement that they clearly saw the runner miss home plate.
However, I'm now changing the scenario, so back to the OP.
I do like Joel's answer, but I don't want to be too absolute in the assessment that if the runner's foot stepped on the fielder's, some part of his/her foot stepped on the base/plate. If I'm dead sure there was ZERO contact, then I'm dead sure. If I'm not, then I'll argue that she touched the plate.