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Originally Posted by Spence
I wasn't there so I'm going off of reports.
Play: Groundball to short. Throw pulls F3 off the bag. Collision with the runner. Runner ejected.
What are you as an umpire looking for in a play like this? Is the onus on the runner to avoid the trainwreck? What would you have to see to eject the runner?
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It all depends upon what the runner does.
What did the Runner do?
Did the runner lower his shoulders and drive the fielder into right field - ala taking out the defensive end with a trap block?
Did the runner make a hook slide into the fielders knees to injure him?
Did the runner make some other action that could be interpreted as a malicious act with an intent to potentially injure the player?
These are questions that need to be asked.