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ncaa malicious contact

T thecloser100+ posts
ncaa malicious contact:
PENALTY—If the runner attempted to dislodge the ball, the runner shall
be declared out even if the fielder loses possession of the
ball. The ball is dead and all other base runners shall return
to the last base touched at the time of the interference.
A.R. 4—If the runner is safe and the collision is malicious, the runner shall be ruled safe and ejected from the game. If this occurs at any base other than home, the offending team
may replace the runner.

Could someone explain, or give an example, of how there could be malicious contact at homeplate, catcher drops the ball, runner is ejected, but scores?
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F 3FingeredGlove1,000+ posts
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Could someone explain, or give an example, of how there could be malicious contact at homeplate, catcher drops the ball, runner is ejected, but scores?

No, and the portion you quoted does not suggest that that the runner would score. Instead it says the runner would be out.

Now, if the catcher didn't have possesion of the ball, and the runner decides to truck him anyway, the run scores, but an ejection follows. Or, the runner touches home before making malicious contact. Now it is irrelevant whether the catcher had the ball or dropped it.

I find that if a rule doesn't make sense, re-reading it carefully may help.
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Jimmy03Jimmy031,000+ posts
If the malicious contact occurs after the runner scored, for example, the catcher is behind the front of the plate and the contact occurs after the runner touches the plate, the runner is safe and ejected.

Malicious, as we are told at the NCAA clinics, is intent to injure, not just a hard hit or an attempt to dislodge the ball. In the case I described above, scoring and the ensuing malicious contact are two separate, unrelated events.
Jimmy03Jimmy031,000+ posts
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Originally posted by dash_riprock:
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Originally posted by dave0mary:
I thought this was a "high school baseball web". Where are the A*N*A*L umps when you need them? Maybe, just maybe, they don't get A*N*A*L because they want to make sure you know they are in the know.


wtf?


Beats me, Dash. The question in the OP has been answered.
Jimmy03Jimmy031,000+ posts
Originally posted by Dash:
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wtf?


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The question was about an NCAA play. This is a high school web site. I didn't make the heading, someone else did.


People have come here with rules questions that involve all codes, OBR, NCAA, FED, NAIA, since at least 2008, probably before, just as folks post on the "general" page about their college players, MiLB players and even pro players as well as high school players.

I had no idea that was frowned upon.
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piaa_umppiaa_ump5,000+ posts
Agreed with MST 100 %...... wait until May when HS ends and we get all the youth ball/legion/college summer ball questions.....

We do put an emphasis on NFHS ball here and often answer the FED way first in a nod to the fact that this is the HSBBWeb...

But since most of us do multiple codes, we can and do answer all types of questions....and if the poster is considerate enough to put the code in the initial post, those of us with the most experience with that code can then respond....
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