Thread: Holiday Slide - Legal or Not?
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Old Tue Oct 16, 2012, 05:09pm
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Originally Posted by M Anthony View Post
It was an illegal side.
"Illegal slide (rule 2-32) Interpretation is that the runner must be able to reach the base with a hand or foot or it is interference. Can't roll block or throw cross body block "
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An obvious body block.
The base runner should have been ejected.
This play contained neither a roll block or cross body block.
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