Almost Malicious contact ?

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by greymule

Yep. Says right in the rule book, "Runners must slide. It's a safety issue."

Well, doesn't it?

Ahem...

Chessref, you got it right. A runner remaining upright while having a tag applied is not malicious contact (although I DID have a coach argue last year - and I MEAN argue - that it was interference - ...BTW it was a short argument!)

Unless there was something insane done with your local JV rules, your evaluator was wrong (and apparently not qualified to be evaluating other umpires).