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Originally Posted by UAME
At lower levels of amateur baseball, you will see discussions about "slide rules." These rules are intended to prevent injury, and they basically take away option 2 from the runner - if a slide rule is in effect, his only choice is to slide and try to avoid being tagged.
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Not correct. There is no "must slide rule." The runner must either slide, or avoid contact with the fielder. He may slide, give himself up, go around or otherwise try to touch the base without contacting the fielder if the fielder has the ball and waiting to tag the runner. A runner never has to slide as his only option.
Also, it's not that he has to "try" to avoid contact, he "must" avoid contact when these rules are in force. Trying is not good enough.