Slide in direct line.

[DG]

Originally Posted by ranger71

DG,
I concur with your interpretation and all of the others as well. Basically that is how I covered this rule set in the meeting (Fed). Obviously several of our umpires(wanna be big dogs) still believe on a force play, sliding within arms reach and altering the play, is a good baseball play.

It is, in OBR...

I don't know how many times I have heard HS coaches hollering across the field to "break it up", when there is a DP situation. Just leads to FPSR violations when they do as they are told.

[DG]

Originally Posted by PWL

The worse thing is when they come out and argue for the call and it doesn't exist. If you're the BU and turning with the play, you're not always going to be in position to call it. I'm not going to alert them to the fact that PU has responsibility on this call also. If they know this, they will head to the PU first the next time it happens. I just call the PU out and ask if he saw anything and then continue the game.

If I see FPSR violation I call it. If I have turned with the throw I expect the PU to catch FPSR that happens behind my back. So no need to call him out for discussion. If he saw it he would have called it. I would do the same if I was PU. And of course this was discussed as a pre-game item.

[bossman72]

Originally Posted by DG

...And of course this was discussed as a pre-game item.

Yes! This should be a part of everyone's pregame since it's something that's sometimes looked over.