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Originally Posted by Manny A
My guess: F3 is pulled into the BR's path, the BR put his arms up in front of his chest to cushion the blow, and the umpire assumed that the BR crashed into F3 maliciously.
I've seen runners with little time to react to an impending wreck do something that looks malicious, when in reality it was simply a defensive move. And it really looks bad when the runner weighs almost twice as much as the fielder. Everybody will be screaming for an ejection because the fielder went flying about ten feet.
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That sounds about what probably happened. F3 always is going to take a big hit because he is standing still and watching the ball and doesn't see the runner. That's where the umpire would have to see something malicious though to eject the BR - simply because its a collision even a very hard collision doesn't make for an ejection.
thanks
David