context: The circuit court correctly noted that sliding is an integral and well known part of softball and baseball. Though there is no direct Maryland authority recognizing that fielders and base runners assume some risk of being injured in a tag-out and slide, there is ample persuasive authority for this common sense proposition.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: experienced second baseman injured when defendant slid into him "assumed the risk that he might be injured by a sliding opposing player"
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., Martino v. Vonnes, 298 A.D.2d 505, 748 N.Y.S.2d 512 (2002)(experienced second baseman injured when defendant slid into him “assumed the risk that he might be injured by a sliding opposing player”); Picou v. Hartford Ins. Co., 558 So.2d 787, 790-91 (La.Ct.App.1990)(same); cf. Totino v. Nassau County Council of Boy Scouts, 213 A.D.2d 710, 625 N.Y.S.2d 51, 52, cert. denied, 86 N.Y.2d 708, 634 N.Y.S.2d 442, 658 N.E.2d 220 (1995)(minor plaintiff who was aware that “[sjliding into base is an integral part of the game of softball” assumed the risk of sliding injury).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.parenthetical: minor plaintiff who was aware that "[sjliding into base is an integral part of the game of softball" assumed the risk of sliding injury
citation_b.sentence: See, e.g., Martino v. Vonnes, 298 A.D.2d 505, 748 N.Y.S.2d 512 (2002)(experienced second baseman injured when defendant slid into him “assumed the risk that he might be injured by a sliding opposing player”); Picou v. Hartford Ins. Co., 558 So.2d 787, 790-91 (La.Ct.App.1990)(same); cf. Totino v. Nassau County Council of Boy Scouts, 213 A.D.2d 710, 625 N.Y.S.2d 51, 52, cert. denied, 86 N.Y.2d 708, 634 N.Y.S.2d 442, 658 N.E.2d 220 (1995)(minor plaintiff who was aware that “[sjliding into base is an integral part of the game of softball” assumed the risk of sliding injury).