16 inch Slow Pitch Sliding Rule

[AtlUmpSteve]

Originally posted by bruce11
A runner took off from thrid and was headed home the ball was thrown to the catcher and put down a tag that was questionable but the runner did't slide and it was very close and there was a little contact involved shouldn't the runner be out. The umpire called the runner safe and after arguing with him he said that you dont have to slide to avoid contact. What should of the call been?

Sounds to me like the call was right. What you described wasn't a crash (there was a little contact, you said), and the tag was "questionable" (telling me the "little contact" didn't cause the catcher to drop the ball), and there is no rule requiring sliding, as the umpire correctly stated.