Why did Rolen just slide into first?

[PlatinumGold]

did he think that he would move faster by sliding? did he think he would have a better chance of making lowe miss the tag?

wtf is up with ball players and sliding into first?

 

[McCarthy]

Thought you couldn't slide into first?

 

[yobarman]

he thought he could slide around the tag... whats so hard to understand about this? damn...

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: yobarman
he thought he could slide around the tag... whats so hard to understand about this? damn...

as soon as you slide you lose any chance of making any kind of real move.

it is much better to stay on your feet, even rolen should be able to outrun a pitcher.

it's just stupid to slide when you don't have to.

 

[noto12ious]

obviously, he's trying to make lowe stretch to tag him...or he's trying to catch him by surprise. anything to avoid being the third out with the runner at third base.

 

[JohnAn2112]

You don't need to be tagged to be out at first. The first baseman just has to catch the ball with a foot on the base.

 

[noto12ious]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: yobarman
he thought he could slide around the tag... whats so hard to understand about this? damn...

as soon as you slide you lose any chance of making any kind of real move.

it is much better to stay on your feet, even rolen should be able to outrun a pitcher.

it's just stupid to slide when you don't have to.

if he doesn't slide, lowe has an easy out...and if rolen tries to avoid him while running, he'll most likely be called out for running outside the lines.

 

[imported_digitalelegance]

lowe didn't have time to get the ball to the first baseman, or to get his foot on the bag, hence the tag & slide....

 

[yobarman]

from the angle they showed the original play, the pitcher was in front of him, but on the rise from picking up the ball, so going under seemed like the logical choice.

but then again i dont know much about baseball, but i was just baffled to see why you had to post a thread about a play.

 

[MikeMike]

because by sliding you lengthen the area you can reach to. thus you slide because it gets you there that split second quicker.

MIKE