Runner Interference on Thrown Ball?

[BigBlue4u]

Once again, it seems some of the posters are making, well, a mountain out of a molehill.  After painstakingly looking through the posts, (unless I missed it) I never saw a mention of the word "judgment."  When an umpire sees this type of play, he needs to ask himself one question: "Did the runner intentionally interfere with the throw."  The answer will determine the call.

[Richvee]

19 hours ago, BigBlue4u said:

Once again, it seems some of the posters are making, well, a mountain out of a molehill.  After painstakingly looking through the posts, (unless I missed it) I never saw a mention of the word "judgment."  When an umpire sees this type of play, he needs to ask himself one question: "Did the runner intentionally interfere with the throw."  The answer will determine the call.

This is the root of the debate. I think everyone agrees running off course to the base is an intentional act of trying to get in the way of the throw. What some are saying, according to interpretations, veering off course to get in the way of a throw, while inattentional, is not illegal in and of itself. 

[Velho]

While everyone was focused on which cleat touched first milliseconds apart, anyone notice the right hand component of the slide? 

 

 

[The Man in Blue]

I didn’t have too much of an issue with arm swinging — in that clip it could have been momentum — but the attempted swat was pretty blatant.

So, explain to me again why we should allow illegal acts as long as they fail?