The San Francisco Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 7-1 to tie the NLCS at 1-1. And that should have been the story of the game but it will not be. Early in the game the Cardinal's Matt Holliday took out Giant's second baseman Marco Scutaro while trying to break up a double play with what can best be described as a borderline slide. That is how it can best be described, I'm going to tell you how it should be described....DIRTY.
Baseball for all its boringness, quirkiness, however you as a fan want to describe it is a game with a strict set of written and unwritten rules. Many of the unwritten rules revolve around being respectful of your opponent. If you are not respectful you can, and should, expect some retaliation. I'm not calling Holliday a dirty player and I have never heard him referred to as such. But this was unquestionably a dirty play and that being said he should expect to get drilled in the back with the first pitch he sees in his next at bat. And that is the way it should be handled by the Giants. What I don't want to see is the Giants go after a middle infielder with a hard take out slide. That to me is like throwing at the batter after someone hits a homerun off you.
Hopefully the umpires and Major League Baseball don't overreact when/if the Giants throw at Holliday. The game has policed itself for over 100 years and despite the efforts of league officials it should continue to do so. Hopefully the series goes to a seventh game and is tied in the bottom of the ninth with a runner on second, two outs and Scutaro at the plate.
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