re: Anthony Rizzo slide: Dirty or nah?

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Look at the photo evidence right above your post, Baloo. Which is it, you're waffling all over the place. Dirty, best kind of dirty slide, but the catcher cleared out. Then next sentence: "He should be an area where he will not be hit by the runner..."

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I think my post was pretty clear. He managed to obey the text of the rule by violating its spirit. Which is pretty much the perfect dirty play. He tried to injure the catcher while at the same time avoiding sanction from the rulebook. That's skilled dirty.