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Who was at fault in the Matt Kemp-Robinson Chirinos home-plate collision? Both? Neither? It's unclear...

What if two guys got into a shoving match and the benches cleared and, in the incident that led to it all, nobody was actually in the wrong?

Then you might have the Rangers-Los Angeles Dodgers quasi-brawl of Friday night featuring protagonists Matt Kemp and Rangers catcher Robinson Chirinos. Early in the Dodgers' eventual 3-2 win, the two got into it after Kemp bowled Chirinos over at home plate.

Turns out, that according to Major League Baseball's sometimes hard-to-decipher home-plate collision rule, both were in the right: A throw from Nomar Mazara took Chirinos unintentionally into the direct path of Kemp; Kemp had no clear lane to the plate, and thus, was within his rights to try to go through the catcher.