You Make the Call! Is this O’Neil Cruz Slide Legal?
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You Make the Call! Is this O’Neil Cruz Slide Legal?
This O'Neil Cruz slide is:
One of the Toughest Calls All Year
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This is a tough play to call. The responses below are from current and former MLB Umpires.
- I think the fielder was so far out after catching the ball that the runner did not interfere even though this slide was wide. There was no contact at all and the fielder went outside on his own.
- That was interference under the old rules....
- It does look like this is not a Bona fide slide but the umpires may have determined there was no interference on the play. You need to have both. I couldn’t tell if the runner made contact with the fielder or not. As you know contact is not needed but it would make it much easier.
- It is an illegal slide. He did not reach or try to reach and stay on a base. The other element that is necessary to call slide rule violation is that he actually hinders the play. On this one it does not look like he hindered the play. Under the new slide rule violation that goes to Replay the runner has to reach and attempt to stay on the base. Back in our day or likely if the umpire called it on the field, just being close enough to actually reach the bag is the standard for calling interference
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The runner was attempting to interfere. His slide is so far right of the base he was unable to reach the base as he went by. Professional athletes have peripheral vision. India ( the 2nd baseman) can see him coming for him and shifted to his left to avoid him. The defensive player should not have to stand his ground, get plowed and risk injury to get the proper call of interference due to an illegal slide
Oops. Went back to confirm my thoughts and see it was ss—Barrera., not 2b—India. But my point remains.
The runner was attempting to interfere. His slide is so far right of the base he was unable to reach the base as he went by. Professional athletes have peripheral vision. India ( the 2nd baseman) can see him coming for him and shifted to his left to avoid him. The defensive player should not have to stand his ground, get plowed and risk injury to get the proper call of interference due to an illegal slide
Why did I get zero points. The last umpire agreed with my call