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Originally Posted by Rich Ives
slide or roll block
Doesn't have to be a slide - thats why it's "or"
If the initial contact is with the fielder instead of the ground for the purpose of breaking up a double play, it is a roll block.
Fits the bill.
Interference.
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A roll block is one kind of illegal slide, and involves a player touching the ground with something other than the soles of his shoes. Whether it was interference or not, it was clearly not a roll block.
Whether it was interference or not, MLBUM 6.3 provides no guidance on this play.