I have been away from twitter and sports in general pretty much the whole weekend. But I just came across yet another dirty slide from former Padre Anthony Rizzo.
— Aldo Soto (@AldoSoto21) May 28, 2018
"Looked like a clean side..." The bias from the Cubs announcers is ludicrous. And to find out that this play was actually deemed "legal" is just as preposterous. Why did they even make rule changes if players named Anthony Rizzo are going to continuously get away with this shit? Legal or not, the play was dirty AF.
If you look frame by frame. Rizzo definitely started down the line but had his feet on the grass (inside the line) halfway to the plate before swooping in with a leg kick rivaled by Ken in Street Fighter II.
Bases were loaded which means the force out was alive at home plate when the ball was put into play:
Rizzo starts down the line, hustling like a good ol boy as the catcher waves his hand calling for the ball.
A couple more steps and Rizzo is on the grass, even though the Catcher has done his part in
providing a safe sliding lane to the plate. Rizzo clearly starts veering inside.
Here comes the wind-up (left leg) for the Street Fighter kick I was referring to, with the majority of his body inside the line. Notice the huge alley the catcher provided after ALREADY CATCHING THE BALL and stepping into his throw (even more out of the way for Rizzo). So Rizzo is already out at this point. I understand the desire to break up the double play...but this turns into just a POS move from a POS person.
And there's the leg hook. Not convinced? Here's a different angle:
HRK TYCK URJDHE RUKKDKPK (Street Fighter Noise)
Or one of these:
F*ck Anthony Rizzo. People don't forget. Everyone in Padres Nation shouldn't forget either:
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