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Originally posted by bob jenkins
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Originally posted by GarthB
Rewarding the offense for a throw that pegs the runner that the runner did not intentionally interfere with both rewards bad throws and encourages pegging runners.
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While I agree with you, Garth, I'm not sure the FED does.
From the 1998 Interps (the year the FPSR was added to the rules), Situation 1: With the bases loaded, B4 hits a ground ball to F4. F4 throws the ball to F6 who comes across second base and attempts to throw the ball to first base to complete the double play. R1 (runner's notations changed from FED to standard), who advances to second base in a direct line while standing up, is hit by F6's throw to first. RULING: This is a violation of the force-play slide rule. R1 is declared uot, as is B4. R3 and R2 are returned to third and second base respectively.
I couldn't find any subsequent play in any of the yearly interps to reverse this ruling.
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For those of us who have listened for years to FED insist there is no "must slide rule", this is hard to swallow. I'll have to move this up the chain before I tell a coach the the runner "has to slide."
I'll let you know what I hear.