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It is interesting to see that there are chinks in the armor with the cubs in the media in Anthony Rizzo,

particularly locally in Chicago. Yeah, there's been some meatballs that have jumped on this and said, you know, Pittsburgh's stupid for complaining

baseballs, you know, contact sport and it's an old school gate. You know, get the fuck out of here.

That was a bush league play by Rizzo. I think the first and foremost thing you have to accept is like, he definitely was going on

It was way to break it up and you get that that you're trying to break it up. But in the process, you broke it up and you fucking like ruined this guy.

Yeah, it was it was the moment you watch it and you're just like, do that. It just didn't it didn't look good.

It didn't make me feel comfortable as a huge fan of Rizzo as a huge fan of the cubs. I mean, it made me feel comfortable.

They're going out to win the game. Hey, it's me. Right. If this is if it's later in I'm a huge proponent of a win in April.

Just as good as a win in September. But there is something about that. Like what's going on in your brain and when you're

Rizzo and you're running home to break that play up, he's like, he didn't fuck up his leg for one, but two, we're not paying him.

Bush leg Bush Bush league is part of baseball. It's just it's part of the game. And like I said, I don't think it should

in this set shouldn't necessitate as suspension or anything like that. It shouldn't necessitate a baseball reaction from

Pittsburgh, which apparently, well, not apparently, which just happened at second base with with our boy,

heavy by as but it's my scroll of comedy card and I right. I think like my part was in the moment.

I think so much of us so much of the reaction is always, oh my god, what was his intention? What was this?

And he probably has what a second and a half most to think there of what he's going to do.

And your natural reaction is, oh, break up a double play because that's probably what he's been taught forever.

So I don't think there's any ill intention of like, I'm going to rupture his freaking Achilles or I'm going to tear his ACL.

He's going to take him out. And it's 100% baseball place. I don't look at him. He like, oh my god, that's a dirty player.

But at the same time, if it is against the rules and when you read the writing of the rule, my first thought when I saw the play is like,

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