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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
If the slide was wide with, in your judgment, full intent of tagging the plate with the hand, DMR, I believe this is an out.
And please do not tell me you cannot read the runner's mind. As an umpire, you are accepting pay to observe, judge and rule.
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If this is what you saw, I agree. But, I don't see a runner using this kind of slide except when there is a tag play. Since it's not a tag play, I see the runner as just having missed the plate - so I need an appeal.