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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve
If the runner slides within reach of the base and his slide alters the play of the pivot man on a DP, I've never seen INT called, unless the runner grabbed the fielder's arm or something similar. A legal, clean slide shouldn't be punished.
If the runner leaves the baseline to crash the pivot man, then of course it's interference. I'm just not quick to call interference because the pivot man doesn't get out of the way of the sliding runner.
If the only purpose the runner has is to try to break up a double play, and is not attempting to reach his next base, interference should be called.
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I've been discussing the play that began this thread; you are addressing the guidelines for a runner crashing the pivot man in a double play scenario. I must have missed the turn the thread took. You're not suggesting, are you, that the guidelines for legally crashing a pivot man should apply in the ruling on the original play, are you?