Re: Cubs vs.Sox brawl
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Though, I'm not sure why he would go for the injury risking collision when he clearly had the option to slide cleanly around to the plate.
Smacking the plate was just an a-hole thing to do...
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1) He did not "clearly have the option" to slide around the plate. Barrett was pretty much blocking the entire thing.
2) If the ball arrives at the same time as AJ, then AJ can easily knock the ball out of his hands by rolling him over.
3) Personally, I'd be more inclined to run the guy over rather than side-slide and try to reach my left arm over to get the plate. I guess you don't realize how hard this is to do when running/sliding full speed.
4) When you steamroll a catcher, the ump rarely gives you credit for touching home, even if it looks like you inadvertantly did. Standard M.O. here is to go back and touch home to make sure. So AJ slapped it...so what? He was on the ground. Did you really expect him to STAND UP then touch it with his spikes?
5) Stop talking about baseball until you root for a real team.
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