Fpsr

[tcarilli]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

The NCAA ruling on the second play (173-320) has been changed, I think -- it's only interference if the pop-up slide is "into the fielder" -- and I don't read that in the play.

You are correct on the first count, ie, the NCAA rule has changed, but incorrect on the second count. Below I reproduce 8-4-b from the NCAA rule book.

Rule 8
Force-Play-Slide Rule
SECTION 4.
b. Contact with a fielder is legal and interference shall not be called if the runner makes a legal slide directly to the base and in the baseline extended (see diagram).
A.R.—If contact occurs on top of the base as a result of a “pop-up” slide, this contact is legal.

[charliej47]

b. does not legally slide and causes illegal contact and/or illegally alters the actions of a fielder in the immediate act of making a play, or on a force play, does not slide in a direct line between the bases; or PENALTY: The runner is out, the ball is dead immediately, and interference is called. On a force-play slide with less than two outs, the runner is declared out, as well as the batter-runner. Runners shall return to the bases occupied at the time of the pitch. With two outs, the runner is declared out. The batter is credited with a fielder’s choice.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by tcarilli

You are correct on the first count, ie, the NCAA rule has changed, but incorrect on the second count. Below I reproduce 8-4-b from the NCAA rule book.

Rule 8
Force-Play-Slide Rule
SECTION 4.
b. Contact with a fielder is legal and interference shall not be called if the runner makes a legal slide directly to the base and in the baseline extended (see diagram).
A.R.—If contact occurs on top of the base as a result of a “pop-up” slide, this contact is legal.

Yeah -- I don't know what the heck I was thinking / posting.