SF Giants Will Clark legend sounds off with NSFW comment on Rhys Hoskins slide controversy

The first week of the MLB season saw some fireworks as Rhys Hoskins of the Brewers slid into second base a bit too aggressively for Mets second basemen’s Jeff McNeil’s liking. SF Giants legend Will Clark sounded off on this.

SF Giants Will Clark legend sounds off with NSFW comment on Rhys Hoskins slide controversy

If you want to see the NSFW clip of Clark going off on this controversy, the link is right here.

If you are unable to watch the clip, essentially Clark says that McNeil should not be complaining about the slide that Hoskins made into second base. Clark brings up the fact that back in the day guys would slide way harder into second base and that you did not hear any complaining. Clark used more colorful language of course.

The Giants legend has a point. If you watch old footage from games in previous eras, second basemen were really in a precarious situation when they would try to turn a double play. They knew that a guy would be flying at their legs. 

Of course, Clark had a pretty famous slide into second base himself when he slid very hard into second base on Cardinals second baseman Jose Oquendo which led to a brawl between the two teams. 

This was not the only sliding controversy involving the Giants and Cardinals. Many fans will remember Matt Holiday's rough slide into Marco Scutaro during the 2012 NLCS.

It is no surprise that a guy who played the game that way would think McNeil’s anger over the slide by Hoskins is pretty soft. We have heard Giants broadcaster Duane Kuiper, a former second baseman, talk about the dangers of playing second base in the era in which he played.

However, the times have changed. MLB has changed the rules over the years to try to protect infielders better on plays like that. It may rankle the feathers of old-school players like Clark, but this is the way the game is nowadays for better or for worse probably depending on the age of the person you ask. Despite Clark's colorful language, he did make some good points that Hoskins' slide was within the current rules.