5/2 - 5/15 Game Discussion Thread

[daflyboys]

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MLB.com is the worst with its videos. Not only do the arrange highlights in some gawdawful random order, but watching this brawl video and after about 3 mins. it just cuts off....supposed to be 8 mins. You suck mlb.com

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Re: 5/2 - 5/15 Game Discussion Thread

I have no problem with Bautista's slide when you take into account how he got on base in the first place. He was intentionally thrown at with a fastball up and in that hit him right below the shoulder... all because Bautista sent those crybabys packing in the postseason last year. Was it a coincidence that they got their "revenge" on him during his last plate appearance in the last game these two teams are scheduled to play this year? Highly unlikely. Far be it from me to stick up for the Jays, but the Rangers just look like spiteful bitches in this whole situation. You lost. He flipped his bat. Like 8 months ago. Get over it.

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I have no problem with Bautista's slide when you take into account how he got on base in the first place. He was intentionally thrown at with a fastball up and in that hit him right below the shoulder... all because Bautista sent those crybabys packing in the postseason last year. Was it a coincidence that they got their "revenge" on him during his last plate appearance in the last game these two teams are scheduled to play this year? Highly unlikely. Far be it from me to stick up for the Jays, but the Rangers just look like spiteful bitches in this whole situation. You lost. He flipped his bat. Like 8 months ago. Get over it.

Spot on.

Although I'd be lying if I said I wasn't waiting the inevitable Batista Twitter rant about the fight, where I'm sure he'll clear all this up for us in a reasonable and mature manner.

[TripleCrown9]

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I have no problem with Bautista's slide when you take into account how he got on base in the first place. He was intentionally thrown at with a fastball up and in that hit him right below the shoulder... all because Bautista sent those crybabys packing in the postseason last year. Was it a coincidence that they got their "revenge" on him during his last plate appearance in the last game these two teams are scheduled to play this year? Highly unlikely. Far be it from me to stick up for the Jays, but the Rangers just look like spiteful bitches in this whole situation. You lost. He flipped his bat. Like 8 months ago. Get over it.

Was it coincidence that the pitcher that hit him was in prison when the bat flip happened (i.e. not on the Rangers, or even in baseball for that matter, so he has no reason for "revenge")? We'll never know intent of the pitch, there's a damn good chance the ball got away from him. But it was a dirty slide.

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Was it coincidence that the pitcher that hit him was in prison when the bat flip happened (i.e. not on the Rangers, or even in baseball for that matter, so he has no reason for "revenge")? We'll never know intent of the pitch, there's a damn good chance the ball got away from him. But it was a dirty slide.

A "damn good chance" you say?

Yees gonna haw, I guess.

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Was it coincidence that the pitcher that hit him was in prison when the bat flip happened (i.e. not on the Rangers, or even in baseball for that matter, so he has no reason for "revenge")? We'll never know intent of the pitch, there's a damn good chance the ball got away from him. But it was a dirty slide.

I didn't even think about that. lol

[TripleCrown9]

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A "damn good chance" you say?

Yees gonna haw, I guess.

Wanna clarify what this means?

[Jr.]

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They were talking about it being Matt Bush on Baseball Tonight. It very well could have gotten away from him. Typically, when a guy is going to get hit intentionally, the catcher will set up inside to make it seem more like the pitcher was just trying to throw in and went too far in. The catcher set up toward the outside corner on this occasion.

It doesn't mean it was or wasn't intentional, but interesting (to me, at least). It also wouldn't surprise me if Bush was told to hit Bautista. He's just been called up, and surely wants to fit in with the MLB team, so I'm sure he would follow through.

On the note of having no problem with Bautista's slide, but having an issue with hitting him.. how is it different? Bautista is retaliating against someone that had nothing to do with hitting him, just like Bautista got hit by someone that had nothing to do with the reason he was getting hit.

None of this stuff makes sense in baseball, but it happens every year.

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Re: 5/2 - 5/15 Game Discussion Thread

Mike Wilner @Wilnerness590 32m32 minutes ago

Bautista: "I slid hard into 2B. I could have injured him, I chose not to..didn't appreciate being hit." #Bluejays #Jays


Kudos on making that tough choice to not injure the guy.

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I didn't even think about that. lol

I thought about it and it means nothing.

New kid (albeit a 30 year old one) on the team gets sent out there to "put one in his ear" to show the team you're "one of us" or something along those lines. Happens in all levels of sports from high school all the way to the professional level. Even if he wasn't instructed to do it, he still could have taken it upon himself as a show of solidarity, etc. which in itself is fine. Just don't be shocked when someone retaliates due to your retaliation. It just becomes a vicious cycle. Is there a small chance that it was a mistake? Yeah, less than a 1% chance in a "normal" scenario when you look at HBP numbers league-wide. When you take into account all the other variables in play here (the bat flip, last PA in the last game between these two teams this year) that percentage decreases that much more.

Wanna clarify what this means?

Come on, man.

[TripleCrown9]

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I thought about it and it means nothing.

New kid (albeit a 30 year old one) on the team gets sent out there to "put one in his ear" to show the team you're "one of us" or something along those lines. Happens in all levels of sports from high school all the way to the professional level. Even if he wasn't instructed to do it, he still could have taken it upon himself as a show of solidarity, etc. which in itself is fine. Just don't be shocked when someone retaliates due to your retaliation. It just becomes a vicious cycle. Is there a small chance that it was a mistake? Yeah, less than a 1% chance in a "normal" scenario when you look at HBP numbers league-wide. When you take into account all the other variables in play here (the bat flip, last PA in the last game between these two teams this year) that percentage decreases that much more.



Come on, man.

No, I'm genuinely curious as to what you could possibly mean by "yees gonna haw".

Carlos Gomez got hit by Robbie Ross today, based on HBP numbers league-wide, musta been payback for something.

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No, I'm genuinely curious as to what you could possibly mean by "yees gonna haw".

I'm genuinely curious what stats/variables/equations you have to back up your claim of it being "a damn good chance" that the HBP was unintentional when the league-wide percentage of plate appearances resulting in a HBP is less than 1%.

Bautista in particular has 5809 career plate appearances and has been hit by a pitch 63 times which is roughly 1.08% percent of the time so it's not like he is a guy that gets hit much more often than the league average.

[TripleCrown9]

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I'm genuinely curious what stats/variables/equations you have to back up your claim of it being "a damn good chance" that the HBP was unintentional when the league-wide percentage of plate appearances resulting in a HBP is less than 1%.

Bautista in particular has 5809 career plate appearances and has been hit by a pitch 63 times which is roughly 1.08% percent of the time so it's not like he is a guy that gets hit much more often than the league average.

Damn good chance was strong, but it's also strong to assume that it was completely intentional. I don't think that someone who spent 3 years in prison has a less than 1% chance of throwing a bad pitch. I doubt they let him get some bullpen sessions in during his one hour of rec time.

You still haven't answered my question, but I honestly don't expect you to.

[DamnYanks2]

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What the hell did I miss, I go to the grocery store, and someone gets punched.

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[Sportsforever]

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Carlos Gomez got hit by Robbie Ross today, based on HBP numbers league-wide, musta been payback for something.

I'm sure Gomez believes it is...guy never gets hit that he doesn't think its for something.