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Runner kicks ball away from fielder
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Guest JAson
1 out runners on 1st and 2nd. Ball hit into play, play at the plate.
Runner is tagged/called out at home, but in the transfer process the ball is dropped by the catcher. In anger the runner kicks the ball away from the catcher. What is the rule?
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Runner slides into home and knocks ball loose on the tag. Called safe, but in the slide kicks the ball away which allows the trailing runner to score as well. Is this a dead ball?
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Assuming the runner is mad that they didn't score (and not at the umpire or catcher,) I'm going to disagree that this is unsportsmanlike. It's no different than breaking a bat over a knee. Stupid, out
MadMax
As an umpire, I'd rather you did deal with it, however you choose to (other than to celebrate it). I bristle at partners who project their own "moral and ethical code" upon a game, and I especially ge
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Interference by a retired/scored runner. The ball is dead, the run counts (had he been ruled safe), and the runner who would have been played on is out. No. Interference with a thrown ball must
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