Ejection

[mbyron]

I don't understand what happened. BR was running through the base and had time to poke F3? F3 was catching a throw from F4 and had time to react to a poke in the ribs, turn, and bump BR? When did all of this occur?

Assuming nobody ended up on his butt, I think I'd probably call time and ask them both if they'd like to be around to play in the 7th inning.

If somebody took a swing, or got knocked down, or I felt I otherwise couldn't ignore the contact, I'd penalize what I saw and only what I saw. I'm not going to make a show of it, and if I run somebody in that situation, anybody who was looking will know why.

With R2 and R3, I expect that my partner saw nothing at 1B, but if he saw something that could factor into the call.