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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

Mike, part of my reason for not seeing this as illegal is this - bad video aside, look at where the plate is relative to where she starts sliding. If she slides any earlier, she never makes it to the plate. This tag is made a good 4-5 feet up the line, she can't be expected to be much further along in her slide than she is.

So what? Where in any rule does is limit the scope of where on the field this rule applies. If she was THAT far out, did she have any business trying to score? BTW, I don't think it was that far out. The pitcher's feet were damn near on the plate when the collision occurred and the runner's knee almost lands on it.

Originally Posted by Manny A

I'm confused by your ruling from a NFHS perspective. While it may be the case that this isn't a legal slide by definition, there is no requirement in FED to slide on a tag play at home. She may go in standing up as long as the contact isn't malicious. I didn't see anything (given the video quality) that would give me the impression that she did anything malicious.

I thought legality of slides is taken into consideration when a fielder is attempting to make a play on another runner, such as on the pivot person during a double play.

Try reading the rules cited. Neither requires a slide, nor malicious contact.