I was horrified when watched it! Nobody wants to see that happen to any player. But after watching it over & over, my opinion hasn’t changed.
Maybe Tejada will follow Kangs lead & say no hard feelings, just part of the game. Will you think differently then?
& I agree with you, Kang/Coghlan was way worse!
Horrible..
Kang should not have said it was a legal slide. Coming into American baseball from a foreign league, he is under even more pressure to allow that it was "clean." In Kang's case, it CLEARLY was not. Tajeda's is a tougher call, but I believe MLB made the right one in suspending Utley. Coghlan should also have been suspended. if this is two games, Coghlan should have been out for five; the unspoken "rule" that if you can reach the base with a trailing hand you haven't committed a foul is impossible to believe in Kang's case.
Early commentators -- even in the Pirate's organization like Steve Blass -- have walked their comments back: the correct replay angle shown from first base instead of the camera behind home plate, make it clear that Coghlan's slide was not legal. If MLB does not intend to sanction the Cubs, the Pirates should take it upon themselves next season.