This is a little collage of Los Angeles Angels catcher Bobby Wilson getting his business ruined by Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira. There are a lot of things I don’t like about Teixeira. He’s like the Phil Mickelson of baseball, except that his last name’s a lot harder to spell. But some people are calling this play, where Marky Mark foregoes the slide to pop Wilson in the face with a shoulder, uncouth.
I’m not sure I agree, and I’m not sure we’d be having this conversation if Teixeira wasn’t a Yankee. First of all, Wilson makes a move to block the plate (without the ball, mind you.) Teixeira knows it’s going to be a close play, if he isn’t already out. Wilson can’t handle the throw and subsequently gets leveled (and placed on the DL) for his trouble. This would only be some sort of violation if the catcher was Dwyane Wade. Enjoy the video pwnage after the jump. vid from Homers/Albany Times-Union.
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Bobby Wilson, not Hamilton
I don’t get it. Everyone loved it when Teix ran out that pop-up that the Mets dropped last year to score the winning run saying that he was playing the right way. Here he does the same thing by bowling over a catcher in his way and it’s apparently the wrong way?
“He’s like the Phil Mickelson of baseball, except that his last name’s a lot harder to spell.”
And he’s got way smaller man boobs than Mickelson.
Theres hustle and then theres bush league shit. This is bush league. Regular speed and the first couple replays make it look like a bang bang play and on the up and up, but the last replay, looking down the third base line, shows that Texeira isnt even trying to slide to the plate and or avoid the tag. He goes right after the catcher, who isnt blocking the plate… Hes learning the game from A-Rod, another famous bush leaguer…..
I’ll be the first to say Teixeira is like a robot, not to mention his expression during his at-bats is like he has a finger in his ass. They did hit him with a pitch though earlier in the game.
Jesus, Punte, I hate piling on when you get your facts wrong, but you can see Wilson’s name on the back of his damned jersey.
In Teixeira’s defense, Wilson (aka Hamilton) is wearing pads and a mask.
I almost called him Brian Wilson, which somehow seems even less wrong to me.
It’s not bush league. Grow a pair for Christ’s sake. If he didn’t want to get he should have moved up the line.
Ok, that’s definitely a cheap shot. The catcher gave him home plate; slide, you’re safe, no need to put the catcher or the runner at risk…
And there will be payback for this one. If I’m pitching for Texas, I can’t wait to face Tex in the first inning. Better put on some pads.
You failed to mention Texaeariaxia got on base because he was hit by a pitch (fastball). The collision at home all of a sudden becomes much more justifiable.
an eye for an eye
I hate the Yankees, but this was a good play. It’s not soccer, after all.
Yankee hater as well, but it wasn’t a cheap shot. Sometimes this happens in baseball (look it up)
Catcher was behind the dish and up the line, not blocking Teixeira’s path to the plate at all. No reason whatsoever for that collision to happen.
The Yankees can all get in a line and suck my dick, but fuck that Hamilton guy. OH WHA AH AH AH!
Look where Teixeira is when the ball comes in at around 1:30 of the video. Nobody, including Teixeira, has any clue whether Wilson is going to catch that ball at the moment Teixeira has to make his decision to slide or railroad.
I’m no friend of the Yankees, but the announcers are off about this one. If Wilson fields the ball, and Teixeira looks white enough, this gets hailed as a gritty, hard-nosed, American, baseball-done-the-right-way play.
If anyone watched the post-game interview they would’ve heard Tex say he was gonna slide, but when Wilson turned and came towards him Tex thought he had the ball and did what you’re supposed to do: bring your shoulder down to knock the ball out of his glove. It just so happened Wilson never got the ball.
If trying to take the catcher’s head off in order to make him drop the ball without even bothering to slide or without the catcher even blocking the plate is legal, then great play. If not, then fuck Texarkanabananarama.
tex, don’t think. you’ll only hurt the ballclub. just run the fucker over. see if he gets in the same zip code with you the next time we play. there are several reasons we have 27 world championships, and shit like this is one of em.