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Throwing at runner = defensive malicious contact?
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I was reading a discussion on Facebook about a situation where a 10U shortstop had thrown the ball at a baserunner who was not sliding in a potential double play situation in order to draw an interference call. The discussion was from the point of view of the shortstop's coach (maybe dad) who characterized it as smart baseball.
Regardless of the details of the situation (I think the coach was probably wrong), could you call MC against defense for throwing intentionally at a player? Should you?
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Runners are not required to slide (unless there's a local rule), but they may not interfere. Set aside FPSR for the moment (I'll circle back), as most summer ball is OBR games. Three kinds of INT
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Guys, as a middle infielder back in the day we were all taught to throw through the runner as a way of protecting ourselves. Just like the sanctioned collisions we used to see at the plate, the decis
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I'm throwing straight to 1B. If R1 is in the way it's on him.
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