- Sep 3, 2009
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Not sure whether this falls into a rule violation per se... but want to get some blue and coach opinions. My dd's team played today agains an org team that for lack of a better way of saying it, has a "reputation". Anyhow, dd's team batting, runner on 2nd, my dd on third. Batter knocks a weak hit to pitcher, who throws back to catcher. My dd is flying down the line, and just getting ready to slide. The catcher has positioned herself straddling the baseline, about 4' up from the plate. She made a pretty stong hard push with ther glove right at my dd's facemask, knocking her flat on her kiester. Pretty hard knock to the head, but she was alright. The catcher then turned to look for another runner. I'm not sure if that's a violation of any rules or not, but was curious if "the tag" was. To me, she was making a play and had the right to be there, yes? Certainly seems to me to be a bit aggressive though. Anyhow, I guess my question is... what do you tell your players to do, if they are the runner on third and see the catcher setup that way? Plow into them, hit the glove with their arms trying to knock the ball loose, try to avoid without going to far off the line?