Bagoon's Barrage

Bagoon's Barrage Episode No. 26 (The Death of the Breakup Slide)- 6/27/17

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Sinopsis

Jake Donnelly (AKA "Bagoon"), intros the latest episode with a quick analysis of the Boston Celtics draft (it was good) before hitting the Topic of the Day (Start-1:30). The Topic of the Day is the Breakup Slide and how it is on its deathbed, if not already dead (1:30-2:33). He first breaks down the Breakup Slide (2:34-3:25) and why it is so important (3:26-4:07). The takeoff point for the article is the Chase Utley slide and him breaking Ruben Tejada's leg (4:08-5:32) versus what is now a legal breakup slide (5:33-8:19). The problem though is the Breakup Slide is now dead; when a player like Xander Bogarts perfectly executes a Breakup Slide and it is still ruled interference EVEN AFTER REVIEW, there is nowhere to go from there (8:20-16:31). The worst part about the overregulation is that baseball plays are now being eradicated and cool moments are being stripped from the game (16:31-17:34). One of the biggest issues is that it gives runners two options; hurt the infielder because you will get called for inte