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Originally posted by wobster
Our league has a list of special rules for our town ... must slide (I found out last night it is must SLIDE, not avoid contact....that is stupid)
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Assuming you're talking Little League, that's not a local rule, that's in the 2004 LL rule book...
7.08(a)(3) Any runner is out when - the runner does not slide or attempt to get around a fielder who has the ball and is waiting to make the tag;
It sounds like the intention is to avoid collisions and the resulting injuries.