re: Oregon player called out at home due to malicious contact

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To put it simply, if the catcher fricks up by blocking the path and the runner fricks up by running him over instead of sliding, the runner’s frick up is deemed worse and catcher gets the call. Runners should be taught you can never run through the catcher, if they’re obstructing or not

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Thanks.

If he had slid feet first or lower or to the side, he’d be safe. He plowed through him, so he’s out.

The people saying he “plowed” through the catcher is laughable. He clearly checked up at the end - what exactly is the runner expected to do in this situation? Stop and politely ask the catcher to please move out of the base path?

Meh, that’s just the NCAA covering their arse

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To put it simply, if the catcher fricks up by blocking the path and the runner fricks up by running him over instead of sliding, the runner’s frick up is deemed worse and catcher gets the call. Runners should be taught you can never run through the catcher, if they’re obstructing or not.

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Which is ignorantly stupid, obviously made by people that have never played the game.

The argument here is the catcher should have never been there. If the catcher was never there, there’s no contact.

The rule is there to protect the catchers literally moving to catch the ball. The catcher held his ground covering the plate, waiting on the ball. The catcher broke the first rule and if the catcher wasn’t in the way which is against the rules, the runner doesn’t make contact.

The argument here is the runner should have avoided at all contest the catcher in an illegal position. That’s absolutely absurd.

If the catcher had the ball, the runner knocks him over, and the catcher drops the ball I wouldn’t have an issue calling the runner out. But, the catcher didn’t. Furthermore, the catcher never moved to catch the ball, he stood in the basepath waiting on the ball he then missed.

ETA: the argument supporting the call is that even though the catcher was in an illegal position, the runner was more wrong. That’s laughable. It’s ludicrous. The runner was going to home plate, literally what he was supposed to do.

Remove the person that shouldn’t have been there, and there’s no collision

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Right call, runner clearly intended to hurt the catcher instead of trying to score. No attempt at a slide, he was just focused on tackling.

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you caught a bunch with this line

Catcher has every right to move to catch ball. Onus is on runner yall can dislike the call and the rule but it’s clear.