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Originally Posted by soundedlikeastrike
I also have MC.
I see no attempt to "avoid contact" by the runner.
Looked like a bowl over attempt, though the runner looks undecided, looks like he thought slide, then changed his mind.
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He does not have to avoid contact. He just needs to be making an attemp to to reach the base.
A.R. 1—If the fielder blocks the path of the base runner to the base (plate), the runner may make contact, slide into, or collide with a fielder as long as the runner is making a legitimate attempt to reach the base or plate.