interference

[dumbdumb]

12:28-13:05

 

[zoops]

Textbook.

[umpstu]

4 hours ago, dumbdumb said:

12:28-13:05

 

Easy call.

[Replacematt]

I've said my piece on the other thread where this video was posted. I don't think this is as obvious as people are saying--at least from this angle (nor from U2's.)

[jms1425]

"On any force play, in the vicinity of the base, the runner must slide on the ground before the base and in a direct line between the two bases. It is permissible for the slider's momentum to carry him through the base in the baseline extended (see "Diagram" above).

Exception - A runner need not slide directly into a base as long as the runner slides or runs in a direction away from the fielder to avoid making contact or altering the play of the fielder. Interference shall not be called."

He did not slide, nor did he "run in a direction away from the fielder". He has to do one or the other. 

Great call.

[Thunderheads]

33 minutes ago, jms1425 said:

"On any force play, in the vicinity of the base, the runner must slide on the ground before the base and in a direct line between the two bases. It is permissible for the slider's momentum to carry him through the base in the baseline extended (see "Diagram" above).

Exception - A runner need not slide directly into a base as long as the runner slides or runs in a direction away from the fielder to avoid making contact or altering the play of the fielder. Interference shall not be called."

He did not slide, nor did he "run in a direction away from the fielder". He has to do one or the other. 

Great call.

This was clarified in the clip that @johnnyg08 posted on the NFHS rules discussion thread, and the difference between NCAA and NFHS wording on this rule.  NCAA does it right by using the word MUST, and clarifies the FPSR making it a much easier call.