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Originally Posted by Dakota
Legal contact is a legal slide or contact the runner could not avoid (such as, for example, the defender moving into the runner's path at the last second).
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I am picturing a catcher 5 feet from home plate standing in the path of the runner with the ball, I picture the runner too far from the plate to slide. It seems to me like the contact was unavoidable in this situation. It sounds like the runner tried to reduce the severity of the impact. Is the runner required to just give up on her attempt to score? What are her options in this case?