ASA Rules - No slide at the plate.. is ball dead ?

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Originally Posted by LIIRISHMAN

Getting back to the original post
1)How do you enforce the "Crash Rule" if the defensive player doesn't have possesion of the ball. The defense is guilty of Obstruction .

"Barrelling into a fielder can be considered interference or dangerous play which can result in being called out".

Since the League Rule doesn't include any statement regarding said fielder having possession of the ball, by what is listed alone, I still have a "crash" out, which takes precedence over OBR (ASA POE 14-D, minus the fielder having possession of the ball). This would, of course, be nice to have cleared up by the person that originally wrote and/or implemented said League Rules prior to this happening - and maybe, just to be crazy, actually include this in the printed League Rules.

Originally Posted by LIIRISHMAN

Point 2 the league rule regarding sliding should also state that the play should end after the umpire calls the out otherwise you are penalizing the defense if the ball should get away from the fielder.

Agreed, hence the dead ball out I was asserting in both cases in Post #12 - and again, possibly include this minor detail into the printed League Rules.