Runner Ejected Over Collision

[Spence]

I wasn't there so I'm going off of reports.

Play: Groundball to short. Throw pulls F3 off the bag. Collision with the runner. Runner ejected.

What are you as an umpire looking for in a play like this? Is the onus on the runner to avoid the trainwreck? What would you have to see to eject the runner?

Thanks

[shickenbottom]

Originally Posted by Spence

I wasn't there so I'm going off of reports.

Play: Groundball to short. Throw pulls F3 off the bag. Collision with the runner. Runner ejected.

What are you as an umpire looking for in a play like this? Is the onus on the runner to avoid the trainwreck? What would you have to see to eject the runner?

Thanks

It all depends upon what the runner does.
What did the Runner do?
Did the runner lower his shoulders and drive the fielder into right field - ala taking out the defensive end with a trap block?
Did the runner make a hook slide into the fielders knees to injure him?
Did the runner make some other action that could be interpreted as a malicious act with an intent to potentially injure the player?

These are questions that need to be asked.

[rbmartin]

Originally Posted by Spence

What are you as an umpire looking for in a play like this?

A catch and a foot on the base.

Originally Posted by Spence

Is the onus on the runner to avoid the trainwreck?

NO

Originally Posted by Spence

What would you have to see to eject the runner?

Malicious contact.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by rbmartin

A catch and a foot on the base.

And a tag if the throw pulls the fielder off -- and then I'm watching for MC (or "unsporting behavior") on both sides.

I agree with the rest of rbmartin's answers

[rbmartin]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

And a tag if the throw pulls the fielder off -- and then I'm watching for MC (or "unsporting behavior") on both sides.

A more precise answer...thanks.

[Spence]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

And a tag if the throw pulls the fielder off -- and then I'm watching for MC (or "unsporting behavior") on both sides.

I agree with the rest of rbmartin's answers

Thanks. It was a case of F3 being pulled into the basepath from what I'm told.

[CT1]

Malicious Contact = a dangerous act with intent to injure the opponent.

Absent that, it sounds like OBS on F3 (if he [FED] doesn't have the ball, or [OBR & NCAA] is not about to receive the throw), or a simple trainwreck with a probable out.

[RPatrino]

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