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Originally Posted by DTQ_Blue
The LL rule says the runner must slide or "attempt to get around a fielder who has the ball and is waiting to make the tag."
The leaping runner is out in LL.
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You quoted the correct rule but then said Leaping in LL is illegal.
There are no sliding restrictions in LL which is amazing considering how safety concious they seem to be.
In fact in LL you can "take out a fielder" and nothing happens accept maybe ejection.
Very rarely where you have a situation where both conditions in LL's joke of a safety rule exist meaning Player having ACTUAL possession of the ball AND waiting to make a tag.
That's why for the most part there is confusion in youth leagues regarding plays at the plate where contact is made as evidenced by this thread.
Kuddos to the USSSA director for referring to the FED rule.
All youth leagues should have a no Malicious contact rule and also sliding restrictions and my gut is that in the future they will.
Pete Booth