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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve
So, Mark, are you saying on that play is the defense doing nothing more than attempting a tag?
I'm with your point; and with the explanation given in the Hrbek/Gant play (but disagree with the judgment!!). If the runner has no more control of his/her body than to come off when the defense is applying a normal tag, then that runner is out. But when added force is applied (like this running collision) and that causes the runner to come off, I have a dead ball and a safe runner.
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No, not saying that. Just playing devil's advocate.
I'm in agreement that once the runner is safe, contact by the defense that causes the runner to disengage should not be rewarded.
Let's extrapolate from the video. What will you use (besides common sense) to judge that the runner's momentum caused the disengagement and not the contact by the defense?