Slide in direct line.

[David B]

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.

just laughin at your comment about wanna be umpires.

If they wanna be, then they should know the rules - be interesting to ask one of them about the difference in that rule with FED and NCAA -

Then of course ask them about OBR ...

Thanks
David