It’s because it was a catcher. This slide happens twice a game at second.

That’s not remotely true. Maddon has constantly been on the side of saying tough slides are a part of the game. Remember when he sarcastically suggested head first slides should be banned so a baserunner doesn’t poke an eye out? He is not a fan of the slide safety rules.

This isn’t a question of whether or not the play was dirty, or illegal, or both. It’s that the MLB either fucked up twice, when there was no call on the field, and again in the replay, or once, when Torre issued his statement contradicting the no calls from the previous day. Baseball has been trying hard to shoot…

So “don’t try to hurt someone’s leg, or I’ll try to kill you with this ball”?

Rizzo either [both] made a tough old-school play or [and] recklessly endangered an opponent’s safety.

The MLB is going to turn sliding into their own version of “what is a catch?” aren’t they?

So many fun things in life could be summed up as Not dirty, but illegal

+1

Get out man, or put down the bottle. Maybe both.

Ugh, this is so sad. I’m glad Pop was already in SA today, though, to be with her and his family.

Sorry, but Pop is a goddamned national treasure. Nic Cage found a map to his house on the back of the Declaration of Independence.

This fuckin guy.

What happens when someone calls you a fool?

“You Have Died of Dysentery Generation.”

Can “The Muppet Babies Generation” replace Xenniels are whatever else they’re calling my age cohorts these days? Also, heard “The Oregon Trail Generation” but that might confuse us with people born in the first quarter of the 19th Century...

A new theme song?

“Animal go bye-bye” or get the fuck out:

Like Baby Digit?

See also: Skeeter.

To be fair the classic cartoon was kinda great