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angelsfan4life
Come on Angels send Pennington to the Phillies for Howie
angelsinthetroutfield
Why would the Phils want Penny?
Brixton
A 4 month rental of Howie would cost the Angels top prospect lil..
angelsfan4life
Pennington would help Phili have the worst record. And save them money.
GarryHarris
The Angels need pitching before they do anything else.
ryanw-2
Not really. Their bullpen has been very good but they could use a starter to get more innings. Plus they have an excellent catcher and might have stumbled upon a very good pitching coach. Defense is great. Their problem is they’re not hitting for enough power and have left the second most runners on base on base. They need Kole Calhoun and Danny Espinosa to break out of their funk.
vinscully16
… I don’t understand why guys slide hands first, rarely does it provide a significant advantage – risky. Here’s hoping Trout is okay.
Get in the Hawper
It feels more natural running the bases to slide headfirst.
A base runner can be a bit more strategic with their slide head first and reach around the bag.
Lastly, sliding feet first often busts up a runners knees and rear end with bruises and breaks the skin almost every time too mixing and open cut with a dirty sweaty mixture of blood, mud and uniform.
hodor 3
That is still far more preferable to getting a concussion, facial lacerations, broken digits or dust in the eyes & mouth.
Priggs89
How is dust in the eyes & mouth worse than any of what was listed above? Assuming there isn’t a freak incident that leaves the player blinded, all he’d have to do is rinse out his eyes and/or mouth with water, and then he’s back to 100%…
troll
osha is forcing mlb to install eye wash stations ot all three bases and behind home plate.
hodor 3
Thanks for concentrating on just one of many reasons I pointed out, thanks. Let’s try reading on a whole next time, hmm?
vinscully16
… generally, people reading MLBTR are knowledgable baseball fans. I’m not ignorant as to the extremely basic reasons you just explained, I’m interested on a team policy/risk of injury front. I see no advantage to sliding head first.
stl_cards16 2
It’s more dangerous to stand in the batters box than it is to slide head first. You’re overreacting quite a bit to a pretty insignificant injury
vinscully16
Overreacting? No. It’s an observation from an informed baseball fan. Poor strategy, in my opinion. Again, I see no advantage to sliding headfirst. Sliding feet first is more aggressive, less prone to causing injury, and, arguably, more efficient.
Get in the Hawper
Extremely basic or not that are reasons why runners prefer to slide headfirst and the advantages of doing so (its natural, easy to slide around the tag and doesn’t leave your lower half banged up). This are the reasons why to slide headfirst.
There is certainly no “team policy” against sliding headfirst. Players are out there to do work.
hodor 3
They are NEVER coached to slide headfirst. That should tell you something.
I Believe We Can Win
Looking at it from a physics stand point. Sliding head first better maintains momentum more than sliding feet first. Youre pushing yourself head first as opposed to losing when you slide feet first.
Also, if you slide head first into second and there is an errant throw easier to get up and go to 3rd than had you slid feet first into 2nd.
Also, in a game of inches head first is the lowest a player can go as they are directly on top of the ground. Feet first slide puts majority of your mass above you which can be rasier to tag. You dont slide feet first on your back.
hodor 3
Have you not heard of the pop-up slide?
angeltrout27
Penny’s not THAT bad. He’s 2 times better then Danny Espinosa. But yeah, I do want Howie back.