Obstruction question.

[Illini_Ref]

I know that this has probably been discussed many times here, but I have been away from the board for awhile, so indulge me please.

I need two responses, one for FED and one for Babe Ruth.

Tag play at the plate. The catcher sets up just on the third base side of the plate. The throw is close enough to him that the runner, who does not slide and makes to attempt to avoid the catcher, hits the catcher and the catcher does not catch the ball. Runner steps on the plate.

Safe and ejected? Out and ejected? No ejection? No-call?

What if the runner makes an attempt to avoid, but still makes contact enough that the catcher cannot make a catch?

I'm saying in FED that if the contact is NOT malicious then the runner is safe on an obstruction call, due to the new language making it mandatory that he has the ball to block access. I believe Babe Ruth still has the "in the act of making a play" language in their set. If that is true then wouldn't the runner be out on the contact and ejected if it is deemed malicious?