Machado kicking ball

[BLWizzRanger]

What do you have here with Machado?  Machado kicked a thrown ball. It looked intentional to me, therefore, I have interference.  I don't see any difference than the one where a R1 was running into second base  and used his head to deflect the ball.  Keep in mind that the slo-mo video you can distinctly see the kick so, in real time, it would be difficult to catch.  Also, the 1U was moving into position and probably didn't see it either.

(while the announcers in the video were questioning the play, IMO, correctly, the MLB channel quote/unquote 'it was a perfectly legal play' - implying that Machado purposefully kicked the ball.) 

 

 

[Jonump]

Machado is a master of the intentional unintentional play. He is uncannily good at anticipating what position will be most disruptive and getting there to mess things up while maintaining deniability. I feel like he is in the middle of these plays regularly. Certainly has been against the sox, and that's leaving aside his very intentional takeout of Pedroia back in the day

Still, I don't think I could call interference here...not enough evidence of intent when its plausible he was just going back into the base on the pickoff throw.

Master criminal

[dumbdumb]

no different than a, did the pitcher intentionally throw at the batter or did he not. or the runner on a hit ball trying to time his stride to miss hitting the ball with his foot or body or intentionally letting it nick his foot or body. take your pick. that's why the umpires are there, right or wrong. like he/announcer said, go back and watch the famous Reggie Jackson play for reference with Frank Pulli and umpire school owner/instructor Joe Brinkman getting involved.

and then there is Cole Hamels intentionally breaking the player/manager etc. "code" of silence/plausible deniability and just admitting in the press (stepping up and ending all doubt) that he did intentionally drill the player with a little halo over his head, Bryce Harper and taking the 5 day suspension.

And Master criminal Machado no different than Master criminal Gaylord Perry or sandpaper man Joe Niekro, and the inside pitch dodging, the ball hit me, Derek Jeter and on and on.

[The Man in Blue]

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Any other player, and I would say it looked as if he was trying to jump over and just did a bad job.  
 

Need to meme the catcher.

[jimurrayalterego]

10 minutes ago, The Man in Blue said:

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Any other player, and I would say it looked as if "he was trying to jump over and just did a bad job."  
 

Need to meme the catcher.

Machado has agreed that what you said, "he was trying to jump over and just did a bad job.",  he did. But how do we make that a meme? It would have a million uses going further.

[BLWizzRanger]

Machado denying that he didn't try to kick the ball is like Lester Hayes denying he used stickum.