Would you interpret a rule that says both players must avoid collision as a no contact rule? We had a situation past weekend where R3 was stealing home and the catcher was waiting for the play to be completed at first to receive the ball however his setup was not in front of the plate with left leg facing 3P. He was on right side of HP with left leg on middle of plate so as he received the ball and came down to make the tag he had no room to make a low tag as R3 left leg was extended to attempt a slide catcher moved left to attempt a tag at R3s chest with his left knee pushing into R3s extended leg. R3 called safe as his left foot was on HP and the game ended after that as R3 was carted off the field by an ambulance(snapped tibia and fibula) but not sure if catcher should have been ejected attempting to avoid the collision per the rule book. In future situations like this should catcher be corrected on their position before the play is made as it is not avoiding contact vs if they were setup the usual way in front of HP.?
