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Originally Posted by SAump
"IF RUNNER IS BETWEEN BASES, STANDING UP, AND IS HIT BY THE THROW IT IS A VIOLATION AS HE ALTERED THE PLAY"
http://www.blinn.edu/Brazos/kine/HKN...de%20rulen.htm
"In addition, it is a no call when the runner does not slide in a force situation and does not contact the fielder or alters the play. The force-play slide rule isn’t enforced as long as the fielder has cleared the area. In other words, as long as the defensive player has moved away from the base before the runner arrives and he doesn’t slide and doesn’t have any effect on the play, there is no violation."
http://www.umpire.org/writers/force.html
"A.R. - If a runner goes into a base standing up and does not make contact or alter the play of the defensive player, interference shall not be called."
NCAA 8-4, pages 86-87, http://www.ncaa.org/library/rules/20...ball_rules.pdf |
Okay SAUmp,
The first quote in all caps is a sentence somebody
made up and has no basis in truth or a real rule cite.
The second and third quotations deal with play
at the base, not what happens after the fielder throws the ball trying to complete a play which is separate from the
force play. I agree wholeheartedly that if the runner illegally slides and contacts the fielder or alters his play, i.e. his attempt to throw the ball, then by all means call interference.
Rumble's Rambling is not in the rule book or case book, so it is not an official rule, so I would not use it as a reference in any FED game I was calling.