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Postby MalkinIsMyHomeboy » Mon May 17, 2021 6:40 pm

Machado is such a piece of ****


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Postby faftorial » Mon May 17, 2021 6:43 pm

WTF is that?

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Postby willeyeam » Mon May 17, 2021 8:11 pm

Eh I actually don't think that's that bad

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Postby Beveridge » Mon May 17, 2021 8:12 pm

Eh I actually don't think that's that bad
I would have lost money betting on this being a weenie post.

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Postby MWB » Mon May 17, 2021 8:15 pm

Looks pretty bad... like he’s trying to spike him.

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Postby MalkinIsMyHomeboy » Mon May 17, 2021 8:30 pm

you don’t slide into someone’s ankle when you’re 20 feet from the bag

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Postby MR25 » Mon May 17, 2021 8:30 pm

I have no idea where the base is in relation to the two of them so I'm not sure I have enough context for "dirty or nah"

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Postby MWB » Mon May 17, 2021 8:33 pm

There’s no bag visible, so it’s definitely not a slide to or near a base.

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Postby faftorial » Mon May 17, 2021 8:33 pm

you don’t slide into someone’s ankle when you’re 20 feet from the bag
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Postby faftorial » Mon May 17, 2021 8:34 pm

I'd put that on par with a cheap Wilson hit.

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Postby willeyeam » Mon May 17, 2021 8:42 pm

His spikes weren't up

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Postby MalkinIsMyHomeboy » Mon May 17, 2021 9:24 pm

you can still do damage to an ankle

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Postby willeyeam » Mon May 17, 2021 9:29 pm

I suppose my point is that I don't think he was intentionally going at him. Just awkwardly trying to miss a tag to avoid a double play. I think if he was trying to get him, he would have

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Postby willeyeam » Mon May 17, 2021 9:31 pm

As evidenced by him shaking the 2B hand and no one on the field really giving a sht. His options were either run into the tag and get doubled up, run out of the baseline and get doubled up, or go down and avoid a tag long enough for the runner to get to first before 2B tags you to get doubled up. No harm no foul imo

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Postby MWB » Mon May 17, 2021 9:39 pm

The fielder is coming in to get the ball, momentum going towards Machado. Machado slows and decides to go down, spikes extended in his “slide.” He could’ve just stopped and ducked down and it would’ve been the same result without risk of injury. It’s not an awful play, but it’s also not the best way to do it.

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Postby willeyeam » Mon May 17, 2021 9:42 pm

I know what you're saying. I think as a baseball player, the "go down while running" instinct is just to slide. That's why it looked so awkward I think. He was halfway between trying to go down like you mention and just instinctively sliding. At least no one got hurt

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Postby MrKennethTKangaroo » Mon May 17, 2021 9:48 pm

“Big deal”

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Postby genoscoif » Mon May 17, 2021 9:53 pm

As evidenced by him shaking the 2B hand and no one on the field really giving a sht. His options were either run into the tag and get doubled up, run out of the baseline and get doubled up, or go down and avoid a tag long enough for the runner to get to first before 2B tags you to get doubled up. No harm no foul imo
Machado is a POS, but that's a pretty clean play. As willeyeam stated, he didn't have many options that weren't 'give myself up’ and allow the DP. He even slows down and kinda more rolls than slides. Actually looks a little like a normal Polanco slide.

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Postby MalkinIsMyHomeboy » Mon May 17, 2021 10:01 pm

this is a weak argument. I’m not saying he didn’t do the “smart” baseball move. He put another player in danger by sliding into his ankle. And Machado has already lost the benefit of the doubt by being a piece of **** in previous incidents

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Postby willeyeam » Mon May 17, 2021 10:22 pm

Sometimes people are in danger in baseball. If he wanted to avoid any contact he could have just fielded it and thrown to second

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Postby willeyeam » Mon May 17, 2021 10:25 pm

Last thing I'll post on it. No one in baseball has an issue with it

https://www.mlb.com/amp/news/manny-mach ... ssion=true

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Postby King Colby » Tue May 18, 2021 12:29 am

Nothing wrong with it

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Postby LITT » Tue May 18, 2021 8:35 am

Relative to the machado thing, I don’t think he was trying to spike him. I do think he was trying to break up the Play to first which any base runner should do. It was an awkward bail out - the type of slide for someone who forgot they were supposed to slide and usually breaks the runners ankle. If he wanted to spike him he would have

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Postby MalkinIsMyHomeboy » Wed May 19, 2021 12:24 pm

Ohtani leads the league in home runs and has a 2.14 ERA

good damn he’s good at baseball. I’m glad the Angels are unleashing him. I really hope he stays healthy

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