Originally Posted by SluggerDad:
Originally Posted by Smitty28:
Has anyone here ever seen a slide into 2nd base declared illegal or interference in MLB? Is there even a precedent for this?
This wasn't a" slide into second base." It was hardly a slide. And it certainly wasn't "into second base." Look at how his body touches the fielder before making contact with the ground even and after he is almost completely past the bag. This was an attempt to body tackle the fielder. Period.
By the same token, you could say this was an attempt to nail the runner with an ill timed spinning back round kick. Perhaps Tejada anticipated that Utley would attempt to take him out, and sought to teach him a lesson with his previously unknown ninja skills.