That was a chickensh!t "slide" on a guy with his leg planted. Exactly how Biggio got his knee blown up in 2000.
Astros need to start sliding to break the DP up if necessary. These other cats aren't afraid to slide in to your guys and take them out. Return the favor. Texas (Odor) NY Besides their other shenanigans, probably gonna see it with KC.
Definitely Sipp/Harris for 7th/8th Luke for the 9th Scared of the pen coming in but what are you gonna do? DK is starting to leave the ball up
If this was a regular season game, he'd either get drilled in the ribs or somebody would go in "spikes up" later in the year.
He's definitely going to go out there for at least one batter... if anybody gets on, he's probably done. I will say this... if we were still playing by NL rules, he'd probably have already been pinch-hit for.
Its just hilarious that mundane things like catcher interference or freakin subtle-ass BALKS get called routinely (and rightly/correctly)... but a slide that in no way is attempting to secure a base (and is deliberately being done to affect the throw) is considered "legal".
too bad betances is coming in...man we needed some insurance runs... 3 innings about to ruin 5 months for me
Yep, there's a right way and a wrong way to go hard into second, that was just about the most egregious wrong way I've seen. He didn't start sliding until he was at the bag.