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Benches Clear After Jeff McNeil Takes Umbrage with a Rhys Hoskins Slide into Second
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Not exactly Chase Utley and Ruben Tejada here, but Rhys Hoskins caused the benches to clear in New York after this slide into second base:
The benches clear between the Mets and Brewers after Jeff McNeil takes exception to a hard slide into second base from Rhys Hoskins pic.twitter.com/NN4ee8ea0Y
— SNY (@SNYtv) March 29, 2024
Oh baby! Baseball is back.
Mets fans on social media of course think Hoskins is a dirty Philadelphia player. “Once a Phillie, always a Phillie.” Stuff like that. What’s funny is that half of the internet thinks it’s a clean slide and the other half thinks it’s a bullshit play. Rhys does slide late, and he catches McNeil in the ankle, but he’s straight on the base path and not going out of his way to break up a double play. The guys on the Mets broadcast call it a clean by letter of the law.
Regardless, the Mets are incredibly corny.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com