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Old Wed Oct 17, 2012, 10:57am
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Originally Posted by jmkupka View Post

In an older thread on this forum, a catcher (not in possession) is plowed over by a runner coming home. Verdict: run scores, ejection for USC, nothing in the rules calls for an out. The rationale being, when the catcher has possession, it is assumed she would have made the out had she not been plowed into, so the out is called when there is possession.
You are citing ASA rules on obstruction/crash. NFHS rules do call for an out via Malicious contact (with or without possession)
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