Frayed Knot wrote: See, we don't need pinch runners for Pete. We could use a designated slider though. He's got the ugliest head-first in MLB. He is probably one of the guys hurt by the rule change years back to prevent collisions at the plate. I have to assume his game plan on plays at the plate was never going to be "slide" under the old rules Maybe, but he slides ugly into 2nd & 3rd too