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After 2-3 batters are hit the ump should pull the pitcher - no reason to sink to that level.
Is there any place in the game for beaning a batter?
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After 2-3 batters are hit the ump should pull the pitcher - no reason to sink to that level.
I do not condone intentionally hitting a batter. Never did, even in my baseball days. Just something I have never understood and never will.
That said, I fully believe that the pitcher has a right to the inside portion of the plate. If a hitter is leaning in, trying to take away that part of the strike zone, and they get hit by an inside fastball, so be it...
That said, I fully believe that the pitcher has a right to the inside portion of the plate. If a hitter is leaning in, trying to take away that part of the strike zone, and they get hit by an inside fastball, so be it...
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No..it is dumb in baseball and it is dumb in softball. While the HBP wasn't intentional, anybody who thinks intentionally throwing at somebody is harmless should look up Tony Conigliaro..
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In my opinion, Suck it up buttercup, They hit a homer off of you! Don't be a whiny baby because they did their job and hit it out. I personally can't stand that petty crap. The pitcher doesn't own the plate any more than the batter does.
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That's a bit different - if the pitcher can put the pitch in the river on the inside, that's great pitching.
After 2-3 batters are hit, the coach should pull the pitcher. Hit a half dozen, two runs have crossed.
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The lower you sink
The more you stink
I once had a pitcher hit (not "bean," since none of them were hit in the head) about that many during a pretty bad inning when we were up a ton of runs. After the game one of the girls on the other team sucker punched her in the handshake line.
Sounds like you would've fit in perfectly as the coach of that team. Would you have joined her in the back of the police car since you condone retaliation?
Intentionally hitting a batter these days is stupid.
Batters can be taught how to be hit by a pitch (rotate, tuck and duck). Put that with the body armor batters now wear, and hitting a batter isn't particularly painful or dangerous.
Batters can be taught how to be hit by a pitch (rotate, tuck and duck). Put that with the body armor batters now wear, and hitting a batter isn't particularly painful or dangerous.
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