When is runner ejected?

[Dakota]

Originally posted by WestMichBlue
WITHDRAW THE QUESTION.

REINSTATE THE QUESTION - (not to be contrary, but because you raise some interesting points to discuss.)

I was trying to determine the actual timing of the ejection, and if you could eject a player after the game was over. It was my understanding that you could have malicious contact which results in ejection, but not necessarily an out.

Yes, that was my understanding, too, until the case play was added in 2003. However, taking a more general approach to this question - suppose the run scores without incident, and immediately after crossing home, R1 throws an elbow into the catcher.

I say you can still eject R1, and the player would suffer whatever consequences result from your filing the ejection report or any league rules about having to sit out the second game. You haven't left the field yet, so you still have jurisdiction.

The actual case that I presented was not interference. If anything, obstruction should have been called and the runner awarded home. However, using the NFHS ruling, I would assume that the ejection/out would take precedence over the obstruction. If you awarded the obstruction first, than the runner would have scored, and could not be called out.

Even in ASA sans the case play, the obstruction ruling does not protect a player from the consequences of a later violation. So, could you properly eject the player and disallow the score even without declaring the player out, assuming the flagrant misconduct occurred before the score? Dead ball immediately (preventing the score), and ejection. That would work, right?