Benches cleared during tonight’s Cubs/Pirates game after Pirates pitcher, Joe Musgrove, slid hard into second baseman Javier Baez. Tonight’s slide comes on the heels of Anthony Rizzo’s questionable slide that took out the back leg of Pirates catcher, Elias Diaz, during Game 1 of the series.
Both slides are hard but I’ll let you be the judge which one (if any) were dirty.
Here’s Rizzo’s from Game 1 of the series.
Elias Diaz doesn't believe Anthony Rizzo's slide at home plate was legal. pic.twitter.com/r6M69gInPC
— ESPN (@espn) May 29, 2018
Here’s Pirates pitcher Joe Musgrove’s slide into Javy Baez from tonight’s game.
Disagreement between Baez and Musgrove, slide looked a little late to me. pic.twitter.com/RiU4nKTmXP
— Drunk Rizzo™ (@DrunkRizz44) May 31, 2018
Here’s an idea MLB — MAKE THE SLIDE RULES CRYSTAL CLEAR SO WE CAN AVOID HAVING CONVERSATIONS ON WHAT IS DIRTY AND WHAT IS FAIR!