It's neither.
 
	 
 
	I get made fun of, both here and in real life, for being such a baseball purist.
 
	 
 
	I have no problem with tough baserunning (the Buster Posey rule is for pussies), chin music, a well-timed fight, retaliation, etc.
 
	 
 
	But that dirty slide is comparable to a pitcher throwing at a batter's head.  NOT part of the game.  Never has been; never should be.
 
	 
 
	You can be tough without being dirty.  That was dirty and it ruined a player's career.