Mar 30, 2018 · Excerpt from Rule 9.5.3 EFFECT: ...If the runner collides flagrantly, the ball is dead, and although the runner is declared safe on the obstruction call, she is ejected. (Behavioral ejection; see Rule 13.2.1.) If you judge that this contact is incidental or unavoidable, the runner is ruled safe on the obstruction and she is not ejected.