easy questions

[UmpJM]

devdog69,

In your first post.

Sitch 1: dead right

Sitch 2: Hard to say because you didn't supply necessary details regarding the play. From your description, I would be inclined to say that your original "safe" call was correct and your subsequent reversal to "out" was incorrect. Key questions: Did the catcher have posession of the ball at the time of the collision or was he still trying to gain posession of the non-quality throw. Who intitiated the collision, runner or catcher? From your description this could have easily been ruled Obstruction on the catcher. The runner is never required to slide under FED rules (although it is an option for him to do so).

Sitch 3: (recent post immediately above). As long as the slide was legal, the runner is fine - even if the slide results in a collision which knocks the ball loose from the catcher.

JM