Statcast looks at running vs slide into first

Is sliding into first base faster than simply running through it? It's a question that's been kicked around baseball for years, with few satisfying answers. Of course, for most of those years, Statcast™ data weren't available to apply to situations like this. Let's use it now to dig into one

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New York Yankees' Brett Gardner starts his head-first slide into

New York Yankees' Brett Gardner starts his head-first slide into

New York Yankees' Brett Gardner starts his head-first slide into

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New York Yankees' Brett Gardner starts his head-first slide into

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