Illegal slide--FED rules

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Publius

Slid. and ended up with knees on top of the bag.

Had there been a play, I would have called him out for the illegal slide. The rule, as I recall it, refers to an out for a runner sliding illegally and making contact with a fielder in the immediate act of making a play.

The exact language of 8-4-2 is: "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."

The "illegally alters the actions" clause gives us a lot of leeway.