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This didn't happen to me, I wasn't even there, but the coach is a good friend of mine and asked me about it.
runner is attempting to score from second on a hit to right field... catcher reaches for ball towards right field, turns to tag and the runner collides with her. Cather drops ball... runner tags plate.
Defensive coach starts screaming about the 'must slide' rule.. umpires confer.. runner is called out. Now again, I wasn't there, but my friend (who was the offensive coach)says there was no malicious contact or intent, that it was a bang-bang play. However, apparently it was a fairly serious collision.
My call (assuming the situation was as described) would be no call, runner is safe.
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