Runner Ejected Over Collision

[RPatrino]

To get a better answer, we need better information on the situation. Absent that, this is a 'you had to be there' situation.

[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.

[David B]

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.

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

[JRutledge]

They can only be ejected for Malicious Contact, not simply violent contact. If it appears the runner (or fielder) went out of their way to cause contact in a malicious way, then that is what I would look for. Players might contact each other while trying to avoid contact all together. For example a bad throw that takes a fielder in the path. This is one reason you do not ball watch and watch the runner and how they are running to the next base.

Peace

[dash_riprock]

I'm also looking to see if the B/R intentionally interferes with F3 or the throw.

[Toth]

I am also looking for the runner trying to touch the base and not intentionally collide with the fielder. If there is any intent to collide at all, the runner is ejected, no questions asked. This applies in all levels of baseball and softball.