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Originally Posted by David B
Even though it is obvious the runner is illegally sliding toward the fielder, it is not interference
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This sentence in the comment section of Play 9 is what troubles me -- let's skip for the moment the argument of whether or not each of us thinks the slide was legal or not and accept the author's opinion...
8-4-2b "...but if a runner elects to slide, the slide must be legal." Since the slide wasn't legal -
by the author's admission, why would we not enforce the penalty (interference, and because of FPSR - runner and batter-runner out, and return runners)?