[JefferMC]

Would you contrast this to an NFHS situation that occured in the County Playoff championship game in April:

Top Second Inning (I think): Runner from third crashes into pitcher (with ball) covering the plate on a passed ball. Pitcher is injured, offensive team (A) receives a must-slide-or-be-out warning from PU, but runner scores since ball was dropped.

Bottom Third Inning (again, I think): Team B runner from third dances around catcher standing over plate waiting for ball to be relayed from outfield and touches plate before ball arrives. PU now warns team B of must-slide-rule. I'm scratching my head here because there was no play, the ball MAY have been as close as over the pitchers circle when the runner touched home.

Bottom Sixth Inning: Team B runner from third (actually same runner from bottom 3rd, who doesn't apparently doesn't know how to slide effectively [coaching error for sure]) again steps on plate behind catcher, who is actually recieving the ball (but not blocking plate) as runner reaches home. No collision. Umpire rules runner out for not sliding.

What's your opinion?