Had to dump 3...or did I?

[BigUmp56]

Originally Posted by mbyron

A lot of leagues around here have "slide or avoid," and I'm curious how you can justify not calling INT here. Assuming the contact occurs on the 3B side of the plate (I agree that this is HTBT, but F2 is stretched that way and turns to throw to 1B), we have no slide AND contact that affects the play. What does "slide or avoid contact" mean here?

I lean the other way: agree that it's HTBT (to judge where the contact occurs), but to me it sounds like INT under OBR w/ "slide or avoid contact".

I'm not aware of any rules set absent some local league rule that has a slide or avoid provision. The rules that I'm familiar with have a slide or attempt to avoid provision. Based on the description of this play it sounds to me like F2 swung his leg out over the plate where the contact occured as he attempted to throw the ball.


Tim.