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Runner throwing an elbow after being forced out
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sth1d
Runners on 1st and 2nd, ground ball to SS who throws to 3B for the FC force put. R2 throws an elbow at F5 as he comes in to 3B as if trying to knock the ball out, but only succeeds in hurting F5 who was still able to hang on to the ball. F5 had stepped sideways off the base and out of the path of the runner just before the runner got there.
Obviously the runner was already out even if the ball is knocked loose, but would there be grounds to further penalize the batting team?
I assume this should not be a consideration, but the runner is known to be a dirty player that likes to skate on the knife edge of breaking the rules.
I recall a similar instance of this happening at 1B in the MLB but ARod was called out after successfully knocking the ball lose.
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BrianC14
The Arod situation was way different. He swatted the fielder's glove to knock the ball loose. In your OP, R2 could (and should) be ejected. What a jack wagon.
MadMax
You don't (further) penalize the team; instead, you penalize the transgressor with an Ejection for malicious contact (MC). This should be the case for all amateur baseball (college included). If
BrianC14
Yes, or worse... that the offender reaches base on a hit, and a DT fielder decides to take him down a peg with an elbow or other cheap shot, and now we have benches emptying. This is game managem
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