John,
The only question I have from reading your description is, was the slide "Fed-legal"?
Specifically, per 2-32-1b, was the runner's leg raised "...higher than the fielder's knee when the fielder is in a standing position..."
If, in the umpire's judgement, the runner raised his leg higher than the catcher's "standing knee", it's an illegal slide and the runner should have been called out.
If, on the other hand, the catcher was going to his knees to tag the approaching runner (as I'm picturing your play), then the runner was perfectly legal. Sometimes baseball is a rough game.
JM
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Wed Jul 09, 2008, 12:25pm
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