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- Apr 11, 2012
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So if you are standing in a stationary position and I'm running at you full tilt and slide at your legs with my feet down and legs down, I have zero chance to hurt you? Your legs wouldn't buckle and your knees wouldn't bend the way the good Lord didn't intend for them to go? Good to know.
There are two major, major differences here that most reasonable people can see.
1) If you slide with your legs and feet down, the first point of contact isn't my knee, so the chances of a severe injury are far less.
2) If you slide with your legs and feet down, it gives me a much greater chance of getting out of the way. You know... the way Odor and countless other middle infielders have when an aggressively-sliding baserunner comes towards them with their legs down.