When does a slide begin?

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Who says you cannot have MC and a slide? The two things are not mutually exclusive.

Peace

That is the whole point. Not one person said anything about a MC and a slide at the time you posted this. You definitely can have MC and a slide, it was just never mentioned. The OP was a Pete Rose style dive, its only purpose to knock down the catcher and dislodge the ball. The word slide should not have been used by Don in describing the play. Each poster thereafter realized this, and did not refer to it as a slide.