Reply to "No blocking the plate in HS...right?"

Rob T5,000+ posts

MidAtlanticDad posted:
Posting this video to an old thread. High school game with NFHS rules. Was the call (runner out and ejected) correct? What should the runner have done?
https://youtu.be/K3ZfOIC-3fA

The catcher had the ball when the runner was 10 feet away (not even in the dirt yet). The runner lowered a shoulder into the catcher - initiating rather than attempting to avoid contact. That's malicious contact and an ejection all day.

The runner could have tried to dodge the tag, slide feet first in front of the plate, slide hands first in front of the plate or just given himself up. Pretty much anything other than that weak Pete Rose impersonation.

6/6/184:43 PM

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