Report: MLB believes the Anthony Rizzo slide was illegal

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As Bill wrote last night, Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo has taken heat for his slide into Pirates catcher Elias Diaz in the eighth inning of yesterday’s Cubs-Pirates game. Specifically, the heat was over the fact that, even though Rizzo was forced out at home well before he began his slide, he still deviated from his path in order to take out Diaz’s legs. Breaking: Source indicates the league believes interference should have been called yesterday re Anthony Rizzo’s 8th inning slide at home plate.

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