What an appropriate action!
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Originally Posted by James G:
What an appropriate action!
Link has video.
Im not to sure what the Appropriate Action is but I glad I never been where this kind of action has happen. I say send Batter home with out supper
Originally Posted by James G:
What an appropriate action!
Link has video.
WRONG!
Rules of for any league "should" explain unsportsman like conduct & retaliation.
Toss batter & suspend him a few!
Needs to go to anger management class. Getting hit either by mistake or on purpose is a part of baseball. Deal witH it.
Yea my sarcasm was not picked up...of course this is not the right thing to do. Pretty crazy.
Originally Posted by playball2011:
Needs to go to anger management class. Getting hit either by mistake or on purpose is a part of baseball. Deal witH it.
True, but headshots are a different animal. You're risking a serious injury or worse.
If it was a mistake, that's one thing - but we don't know the context here. If the batter thought the pitcher was intentionally throwing at his head, I would expect some type of reaction of this sort. Not that it is "right", just that it doesn't surprise me. If he had just charged the mound we probably wouldn't even be discussing it.
I'm curious about what else had happened prior to this video. Pitchers usually don't randomly throw at a batter's head, and batters usually don't throw their bat at the pitcher. Something was probably already brewing.
I read somewhere the pitcher already threw one to the backstop. Coach and ump should have stepped in.
In the words of my dad, the catcher should have stomped a mudhole in that hitter's rear end and then walked it dry.
After watching and reading the posts there is no way of knowing what exactly the situation is.There didn't look to be anyone on base.Could the plunking have been intentionel? Unless someone has more facts I don't know.I do know one thing from just watching games being played.My guy would be in the category of High scholl baseball age.He also pitches.I have yet to see a pitcher from any team hit someone on porpuse.I have witnessed a ton of batters acting like they were hit intentionally with all the crap that goes with it.Of course you were hit intentionally theres only 2 guys on base with 2 outs.Of course you were hit intentionally in your teams last at bat while losing by 1 run with no outs.I think you all get my drift.If the 99.99% of the guys that get hit and end up having bad attitudes about it.Had even a shot glass full of any type of baseball knowlage.They would realize if there was intent.Take your base and hope it works out for the best for your team.