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steelparrot
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Nice to get the first one
Man is Arrieta tough, I don't know how you beat him. Maybe get guys in there that can work the count, and don't strike out much to get his pitch count up, and out of the game.
I hate that you can take out a guy making the turn at 2nd, one of the dumbest rules in the game.
With the front foot planted, it's such a vulnerable position. It's honestly probably more dangerous for that reason than the collisions at the plate were.
At the very least, when you do it, your legs need to be down, not up at the knee. If you slide with your legs down, you'll probably just trip the guy. Slide with them up, and you get what happened to Kang. Coghlan's leg was up just under the kneecap. That's too high.
Honestly, I don't even want to debate the merits of the specific slide, it's dangerous no matter how you attempt to take another player out, it shouldn't be legal to take out anyone making the turn. You have a right to the base, and that's it.
Fuck Chris Coghlan, fuck the useless union, and fuck the MLB for still allowing such garbage.