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Originally Posted by cshs81
What are you looking for when there is contact between the sliding runner and the fielder with the ball on a force play in order to determine if the contact is legal? I realize this is a broad question.
I've read the various threads regarding FPSR and understand the sliding portion of the rule. However, what is legal in regards to the runner's use of his arms in making contact?
If he's sliding with his hands up in the air in what appears to be a normal slide and the throw makes contact with the arms, is it interference?
If the runner's elbow dislodges the ball from the fielder's glove on the force play , its it interference?
Is contact on a popup slide interference?
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As long as the slide is LEGAL and the runner does not deliberately attempt to dislodge the ball from the fielder's glove, I would call it no INT.
Contact on a popup slide is interference because a popup slide is illegal. See FED 2-32-2
ART. 2... A slide is illegal if:
a. the runner uses a rolling, cross-body or pop-up slide into the fielder, or
b. the runner's raised leg is higher than the fielder's knee when the fielder is in a standing position, or
c. the runner goes beyond the base and then makes contact with or alters the play of the fielder, or
d. the runner slashes or kicks the fielder with either leg, or
e. the runner tries to injure the fielder, or
f. the runner, on a force play, does not slide on the ground and in a direct line between the two bases.