to home plate or if the catcher goes into the base pad to field the throw to the plate. so the new rule also states that a runner attempting to score may not deviate from his direct path to the plate in order to initiate contact with the catcher. or other plate covering home plate, another player could be doing that as you know. a runner violating the rules shall be declared out even if the fielder drops the ball. debate has intensified since san francisco buster was injured as scott cousins crashed into posey at the plate. more center than right. cousins is going to test him. posy can t handle it and posey gets clobbered. posey is hurt and he never caught the ball. so posey coming up world series victory in 2010 sustained