Turns out that the Rangers’ Rougned Odor has a history of battling folks on plays at second base. It also happened at least once in the minors (see below).
I have a hard time rooting for anyone in this fight that occurred on Sunday — José Bautista’s slide was way wrong, and Odor has real anger issues. Verdict: Both are douchebags. Also, it’s going to take some time for MLB’s new slide rule at second base to take hold. Runners just can’t seem to help themselves from trying to take out the shortstop/second baseman on these plays. I have yet to see anyone just make a simple Little League-type slide directly into the bag, as the rule requires.