New MLB Slide Rule ..... example?

[Thunderheads]

Ok ........ how does this not play not get called in the new slide rule?  Not that I care really, just wondering ......

http://m.mlb.com/video/v728014883/?query=umpire

[scrounge]

I guess he was just straight enough and didn't deviate to get the call. I suppose I can see it not getting called, with the initial pushback the first few weeks the rule got. Not as egregious as a couple other examples the last few weeks.

[gnhbua93]

Why post it if you don't care? Emoticon coming soon.

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[goody14]

I see contact, but when I read the 4 criteria for a bona fide slide, it does list contact in and of itself being illegal.

The criteria are as follows:

1) Begins his slide and makes contact with the ground before reaching the base;
2) Is able and attempts to reach the base with his hand or foot;
3) Is able and attempts to remain on the base (except home) after completing the slide; and
4) Slides within reach without changing his path for the purpose of initiating contact with a fielder.

I did not see the runner violate any of these. 

[noumpere]

I think this is legal in NCAA, too.

[ALStripes17]

Any discussion on the runner wrapping his arms around the fielder's legs?

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[noumpere]

it bears watching and noting, but it turns out to be nothing.

[stkjock]

wasn't there just some guidance about impeding added to the slide rule?

 

found it - 

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MLB Adds Impediment to Bona Fide Slide Rule Interp

 

 

MLB quietly modified its bona fide slide rule interpretation, issuing a clarification to Tigers Manager Brad Ausmus and providing a spokesperson's statement reflecting that the strict application of new rule 6.01(j)—the bona fide slide rule—has been relaxed concurrent with increased scrutiny applied to the defensive player's ability to turn a double play. A runner must now actually hinder and impede the fielder's ability to complete a double play in order for the DP to be awarded.

To review the bona fide slide rule 6.01(j) that made its debut at the beginning of the 2016 season:
The runner attempting to break up a double play must engage in a bona fide slide:
1) Runner begins his slide and makes contact with the ground before reaching the base;
2) He is able and attempts to reach the base with his hand or foot;
3) He is able and attempts to remain on the base (except home) after completing the slide; and
4) He slides within reach without changing his path for the purpose of initiating contact with a fielder.

http://www.closecallsports.com/2016/05/mlb-adds-impediment-to-bona-fide-slide.html