Some Pirates defined it that way last night, but not all of them. Neither did the umpires. As far as Rizzo, how will we know the difference?
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Some Pirates defined it that way last night, but not all of them. Neither did the umpires. As far as Rizzo, how will we know the difference?
Rule 6.01(i) said:
The direct pathway to a base going from home to first or third to home is never on the fair side of the baseline. Diaz did everything that the league wanted catchers to do after the Buster Posey injury that prompted the most recent rule changes: He moved off of the baseline into fair territory, giving Rizzo free access to home plate. No part of his body is in the "direct pathway." He isn't sliding into home, he's sliding into the left-handed batter's box.
It's a matter of enforcement, but it was a dirty slide intended to upend Diaz.
Plus, Rizzo admitted as much that he deliberately tried to break up the double-play (but didn't want to injure Diaz). Seems pretty clear to me that it was a dirty slide and it should've been called as such.
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Yeah, the takeout slide defense is what the Cubs announcers were using. Well, let's look at the rules again.
Rule 6.01(j): Sliding to Bases on Double Play Attempts said:
So you have to affirmatively satisfy four conditions without violating the rest of the rule. Rizzo satisfies the first condition but not the second and third (since 3 doesn't apply to home plate), and certainly not the fourth (as we established above regarding the pathway), and definitely not the final bit because he elevated his legs to kick at Diaz's knee.
Like I said, it's a matter of enforcement because the umpires do everything they can not to call Rule 6.01, but in both the letter and the spirit of the rules, it was a textbook dirty play.
Noah Syndergaard sent to the 10-day DL for...wait for it...a Thor finger.
The benches cleared after Joe Musgrove slid hard into Javy Beaz.
Better than a retaliative beaning, I suppose, but still silly.
Also, bullpens charging from the outfield alongside each other will never not look ridiculous.
Better than a retaliative beaning, I suppose, but still silly.
Also, bullpens charging from the outfield alongside each other will never not look ridiculous.
Ugh, I didn't know about that. That makes Musgrove's slide all the more infantile and silly. I really, really wish teams would get over this childish need to do retaliatory beanings.
...and 355 career strikeouts.
It could have been worse. Glad they caught it before it became major.
Michael Wacha took a no-no into the top of the 9th. And there it went.
They've been playing out of their minds and they're probably due to regress, because they're playing way out of their pythag, but I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts, considering the Cubs have been a rollercoaster and the Orioles are just a flat-out tire fire this year. I don't recall the last time I saw a manager so obviously checked-out and riding out his contract as Buck Showalter this season.
Nice crisp, clean duel tonight. Really liking what I’m seeing from Sonny Gray.
Helps when the big bats come through, as well. As for the rest of the lineup, Bird’s numbers aren’t great, but he’s helped stabilize the top third of the order since his return, and Andujar just keeps on hitting. Gregorius has been awforius since April.
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