Thu Jun 10, 2004, 10:14pm
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Originally posted by DG
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Originally posted by mcrowder
DG - what other rules do you plan on inventing because you feel like it, and then when questioned, invoke 9.01C. That interp is atrocious.
How can the fielder be in such a position that a runner sliding through the bag loses contact with the bag, and THEN hits the fielder - and the fielder also be in such a position to force him out at second? It boggles the mind.
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It is easy to envision a runner sliding through the bag to take out a fielder on the other side who is working on a DP, and when he stops sliding he is not in reach of the bag. I can't believe you would call this interference when a runner slides at a fielder 6 feet from the bag, but would not call it if he slides 6 feet past the bag. That boggles the mind.
From 2004 BRD, item 279. From FED - ILLEGAL SLIDE: (3) the runner goes beyond the base and contacts the fielder or alters the fielder's play. NCAA - same as FED. OBR OFF INTERP from PBUC Manual: A sliding runner must be near enough to the base to reach the bag with his hand or foot. It would appear that in FED and NCAA just sliding past the bag is enough to call interference. In OBR the runner would need to be out of reach, and as I originally think I said, if he slides past the bag such that he can't reach it anymore, I have interference.
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