Holiday Slide - Legal or Not?

[Manny A]

Originally Posted by Dakota

A runner who, in the judgment of the umpire, contacts or attempts to make contact with a fielder with a slide or roll block that is not a bona fide effort to reach and stay on the base may be called out for interference and, when appropriate, a double play may be called.

Explain why he did not violate the underlined part.

IMHO, pro runners violate the underlined part all the time. What really gets violated is the part I highlighted in red. They'll hook-slide away from the base, are able to reach the base with the hand, but make no attempt at staying on. Perhaps they're given the benefit of the doubt that they tried to stay on but their momentum carried them past it.

Regardless, they are rarely called out for doing what you've underlined when it's a more routine take-out slide (left or right side of the base). This slide was not so routine because it took place on top of and then beyond the base.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Manny A

IMHO, pro runners violate the underlined part all the time. What really gets violated is the part I highlighted in red. They'll hook-slide away from the base, are able to reach the base with the hand, but make no attempt at staying on. Perhaps they're given the benefit of the doubt that they tried to stay on but their momentum carried them past it.

Regardless, they are rarely called out for doing what you've underlined when it's a more routine take-out slide (left or right side of the base). This slide was not so routine because it took place on top of and then beyond the base.

The part you put in red is only applicable on a roll block.