contact and interference

[DG]

Originally posted by jicecone
And I agree, the safety of the players should come first but the original thread did NOT say that the runner lowered his shoulder and I did' take it that way. Now if that is what happened then by all means send the boy home.

""Intent" should govern ejection,".

No, the action of the player shall govern ejection. We can not determine what the player intended to do, only what has happened.

The original post said "Throw to the plate beats runner who hits catcher shoulder first". Unless he tripped, shoulder first is malicious IMO.