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In FED you'd definitely have malicious contact. The penalty states that the ball is immediately dead and the (offensive) player is ejected and declared out, unless he has already scored.
As you described the play it's obvious that the runner didn't touch the plate. However, if you ruled that he already passed the plate you'd count the run, which would be subject to appeal for missing the plate. Could you declare the runner out or do you have to wait for an appeal?
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Offensive Interference?
Is it really lawful to tackle an offensive player who is waiting to catch a thrown ball? Only at the plate? Is bumping OK, but grabbing would not be?
What if the batter had advanced because Johjima didn't field the ball cleanly? Any difference?
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The press reports that Washburn hit Phelps on his first pitch, but I just verified on the replay that he missed him (quite a bit inside at the waist) on the first pitch. Washburn's inability to hit the target left the umpire with a bit of a dilemma. (What it's been doing to Mariners fans this year is a different story.)
In any case, the umpire could have judged that Washburn was intentionally pitching at the batter. Heck, the whole stadium knew he was. But Mike Everitt let it play out, and even Phelps seemed to relax and let the ball hit him. On the second pitch, Washburn hit Phelps and both teams got the warning from PU.
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Dang, okay...good. I'm not crazy. I was at the game and I coulda sworn that Washburn threw a pitch before he hit him. I was starting to doubt myself when I read the newspaper account.
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Simply as a point of information, here is what the MLBUM has to say on the subject, under the discussion of Offensive Interference:
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