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[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.