runner out or safe?

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally posted by Woodchuck
In my humble judgement when a foot is on top of a base of plate it is considered part of the base or plate. If runner stepped on catachers foot prior to being tagged, run safe. This is not like football where to body must contact the ground to be ruled down.

Speaking ASA

Then would you call a runner out that slides into a defender's foot flush against the base (legally) when tagged with the ball after the contact?

If so, you have conflicting analogies. I would think that if you are going to consider the foot part of the base, it must be part of the base in total, not just when related to the top portion.

If a catcher is legally sitting on top of the plate, is the runner safe if they fall on top of the catcher prior to being tagged out?

Extreme? Maybe, but we've all seen weirder things happen on the field.

The foot is not part of the base. If there and contacted prior to the arrival of the ball, it's obstruction. If the ball gets there first, it is an effective blocking of the base.