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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
If the runner isn't "close" (a loose term, I admit) to the fielder / bag
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To me, "close" is not as ambiguous in this case as one might think. Basically, if you're close enough to slide and actually make it to the bag, you must slide. You can't force runners to slide, say, 10 feet out - because they can't slide to the bag from there.