Is there video?

What do you think of Max Ramirez’s throw to third?
- effin’ awesome!
- mother efin’ awesome
- the mother of all awesomes effin’ awesome
- Meh, big deal (for Cahill and other curmudgeons)

Sorry, couldn’t resist.

the opinion that colliding with catchers is stupid. This game was never meant to be a contact sport other than hitting the ball.

is it more acceptable to just lower you shoulder and lean into the catcher?

I couldn’t really see it that well in the video, but the picture really shows how Mathis put his hands in Ramirez’s face. I could see how putting your hands in a guys face and pushing off, thus slamming his head quickly to the ground could be a very dirty move.

Clean play 100% Mathis did what he is taught to do. Baseball fundamentals.

After watching the video again, there is no doubt he would have been safe easily if he had slid. He had his mind made up and went in like ludacris trying to throw dem ‘bows.

Mathis is going to get drilled if he plays tonight…i doubt he will.

Mathis knew he was going to be out, so his only choice was to get the catcher to drop the ball. Since Max was standing up, and not kneeling, he had to get him up high where the glove and ball was. Max was the one who had his torso protected with a chest protector, his face and head covered with a mask, and his hands protected with his glove. It seems to me, Mathis was the one at risk there in getting hurt even though he was the one doing the hitting. I don’t think Mathis was intending to go all the way up to Max’s head with his arms, but they just ended up there as Max was falling back in a bang-bang play.

Mathis is a catcher and is usually the one getting hit, this time he wanted to be the one to give a little back.

It’s part of being a catcher and a part of baseball.

However, I hope Mathis gets beaned anyway just for being a Halo…..DOH!!

When a guy hits a double, you’ll usually see him talking to the 2nd basemen or shortstop. Maybe even a smile. We’ve seen a lot of Kinsler smiling lately.

Did anyone else see this:
In the 9th, against K-Rod, Kinsler pulls into second base and his face looks mad. He then shouts something. The camera was pulled in too close to see if he directed that shout at someone. He didn’t have anything close to a smile whenever the camera came back to him. Then he takes off for a steal of 3rd. TAG explains that it’s pretty much a waste to try that steal.

Kinsler isn’t stupid… he knows there’s a three run lead and getting to 3rd is useless. Did he attempt the stolen base just to give Mathis a stolen base on the stat line?

Between the unnecessary steal, and the frown he had the entire time, I’d say that Kinsler would answer the survey as “it was a dirty play”. I’m expecting a Halo to be hit, then a Ranger to be hit, and a good chance at a dugout emptying brawl.

And I’m going waaaayy back to umpiring so it isn’t heat of the moment. The runner is expected to try to reach the plate. It was apparent that Mathis chose to try to reach the plate by dislodging Max, rather than a slide into Max or a sweep-by hand tag like MY and Kinsler usually do. Thus, borderline dirty since Jeff actually had three immediate choices and took the most aggressive one.

if it was josh hamilton, wed all be talking about how hard he plays and is willing to give his body to score.. but regradless i hope someone beans mathis cuz i love brawls.