It has been established that Alec Bohm being called safe on the slide at home — both in the moment and upon replay review — to give the Philadelphia Phillies a win over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday night was the wrong call.
Slow motion replays that are all over Twitter show Bohm didn’t touch home plate with any part of his cleat, which led to Braves fans at Truist Park to throw trash on to the field in protest.
Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson took some time after the game to address the fans and strongly called them out for their behavior:
Dansby Swanson has a STRONG message for all the fans who threw things on the field tonight after the call didn’t go their way ⚾️ #CBS46 #Braves #MLB pic.twitter.com/WvVQfGb3vI
— Emily Gagnon (@Emily_Gagnon) April 12, 2021
Braves clearly got jobbed by bad replay decision last night but good for Dansby Swanson for these postgame comments on fans who threw garbage:
(Via @DOBrienATL) pic.twitter.com/y6tTVN5TGb— Jeff Schultz (@JeffSchultzATL) April 12, 2021
“It’s an embarrassing representation of our city because I know being from here, that’s not how we act,” he said, adding that he noticed kids in the front row of the stadium were in danger with the debris being tossed. “It just can’t happen, and it never needs to happen again.”
Well said, and exactly right. Sure, it was a bad call. But don’t throw trash on to the field.
