ARod may have been out and he may have been safe.

It may have been a smart play and it may have been a stupid play. Though, after being bombarded all weekend with the notion that the Angels are winning because they're "aggressive" on the basepaths, I think most detractors are being somewhat hypocritical.

Whichever side you agree with on this particular debate, we can all agree that ARod slid:

"... when Xavier Nady grounded hard to third, Abreu got a late break off third and unsuccessfully tried to dance around the tag by Mike Napoli - who had left his feet for Chone Figgins' high throw - when a clever slide might have allowed him to score. Robinson Cano then hit into a double play."

I think it was quite clear that Cano's first-inning double play would cost the Yankees the game. It was also interesting to see Cano get a late start out of the batter's box and sort of trot down to first base.


As for Abreu, all he had to do was slide. You know, like a little leaguer would do.

Instead, Abreu flinched when he saw the catcher reach for the incoming throw.

Abreu was afraid he was going to get hit by the ball.

Then, instead of sliding, he sort of ran out of the baseline and gently allowed himself to be tagged out.