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Last edited by _Sir_Charles_; 04-08-2013 at 07:55 PM.
I really didn't see Yadi covering the plate that much and it looks like he was trying to take Molina out. That said, I think most Cardinals fans will forget about it and move on. I don't think there will be any long lasting issues. There are far more things to worry about if you're a Cardinals fan than this play.
Looking at it more closely, do you notice that he changes the angle of his run as Molina catches the ball? It's clear to me he tried to take Molina out when he realized he was going to be out.
There's nothing dirty about that play. He didn't have his cleats up in the air. He didn't try to injure Molina. He simply tried to slide right into Molina's legs. That's how it's actually taught.
Now, granted, he would have been better off trying to slide away from Molina in this case, but it was not a dirty play.
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
These days I have taken to skipping the game threads till the game is over. It is a LOT more fun and enjoyable without listening to every other Reds (zone) fan constantly criticizing whatever on the Reds is not succeeding at that exact moment.
Then after a huge comeback victory like today, it is so much fun reading all the predictions of doom and gloom posts in the game thread like the above.
This is not a jab at you matic... Just a comment about the practice.
bigredmechanism (04-08-2013),cincyinco (04-09-2013)
It has been mentioned on here before that Heisey is not the most cerebral of a player. I do seem him make the angled turn towards Yadi. I'm mystified.
He was laughing in the dugout minutes afterward. But as Brutus said cleats were down and it wasn't a violent slide. I'm stumped.
Is there such a thing as a clear attempt to take out a player without it being dirty? I think we see it all the time at 2B. As you and I have observed, he did change the angle of his run exactly as Molina caught it so it was clear he was trying to take out Yadi. I don't know if it was dirty though because of the lack of spikes.
This felt like late karmic payback for the Mother's Day massacre. I spent most of the 9th giggling.
cincyinco (04-09-2013)
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