If Mark Teixeira played hockey, what would have happened after this hit?
by Hawerchuk on Sep 1, 2010 2:35 PM EDT
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To my eye, Teixeira intentionally slid past the plate so he could hit Wilson. That deserves an ejection, but of course baseball doesn't work that way.
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5 minute major and a beat down. However, no beat down if he were playing the Bruins as they’d all be checking their skate laces instead of deservedly kicking his ass.
When I read the nickname Testicula, the first thing that popped into my head was a vampiristic scrotum that can only be killed with a silver cross driven through the vas deferens.
If the issue’s Teixeira going past the plate to hit Wilson (which I’m not sure he did), what’s the analogy in hockey? There’s nothing like the plate.
5 minutes for interference and appointment with the other team’s goon.
Unless of course, that catcher is a random unimportant player, in which case two minutes and a lot of face washes and headhunting.
It would be hilarious to see a fielder have to sit in a penalty box for a set number of pitches, even if that doesn’t make any sense.
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he should get
an extra beatdown for being both a dbag and a Yankee
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by fetch9 on Sep 1, 2010 4:20 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Where's the 'no penalty' option?
Elbow was in, and Wilson was blocking the plate without being adequately prepared for contact. I think what made it bad was that the ball bounced so unpredictably (although the contact was unnecessary).
The closest thing I could say is maybe charging, but if that’s the case all contact in baseball would be charging; you can’t exactly coast into a hit on dirt and grass.
by Peter Raaymakers on Sep 1, 2010 4:25 PM EDT reply actions
I voted for ejection because the player in question got hurt and Texeira is a star. That way the referee prevents Ovechkin “the star” from getting mauled.
by Scott Reynolds on Sep 1, 2010 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions
That was my thinking. Five and a game, and a beating if anyone can get near him in time.
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Texeira blindsided Wilson, who didn’t have control of the puck. Charging, also. I’d give him a major, with a beatdown for being a Yankee.
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by Back In Black on Sep 1, 2010 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Didn't we already see this in the NHL?
Pretty sure Matt Cooke got no time in the box and, as mentioned above, not much happened from the Bruins (‘ol #4 would have tackled him and pummeled Cooke while he was down – Orr wasn’t a clean fighter, but he’d get the job done pretty darned well).
Actually, I take that back, I think Ryder may have called Cooke a name and maybe bumped elbows or something after the hit, so clearly I was being a bit too harsh in the first paragraph.
My distaste with the Bruins response aside – I think no penalty and minimal reaction from the team is the response to a hit like this in today’s NHL.
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I can’t say what the hockey equivalent would be – but the ump would have a case for counting the run and then ejecting Teixeira. Wilson was set up on the first-base side of the plate, so there’s no justification for Tex to hit him.
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Who was winning?
If his team was trailing: no penalty.
P.S. Why was he called “safe” – didn’t he miss the plate entirely?
After destroying Wilson, he got up and casually stepped on the plate.
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