I think they very fact that we justify hitting someone with a 100 mph rock by saying “HE HIT HIM THE RIGHT WAY!” is very much the problem.

Or if you call the Giants a Major League Baseball team.

Holy shit, Michael Morse is still in the MLB?

I agree with you that Harper has the most to lose, but when someone deliberately drills you with a 100mph fastball, I’m sure you wouldn’t remain as calm as you think.

30 might be too many games, but it isn’t like a 5 game suspension for a starter accomplishes anything. If each of these guys gets 10 games, that hurts the Nationals way more than the Giants, as Harper would play all 10 of those games normally, and Strickland might get into 5-6.

I read it.

If we go back to 2014, this article labels Strickland a hot-head: http://www.mercurynews.com/2014/10/23/what-got-into-giants-hunter-strickland-friends-family-offer-guesses/

IMO, Strickland is a goon because his offensively inept team is already losing, and he puts a runner on base (putting his own agenda ahead of the teams). Now, since Strickland doesn’t have to bat, Posey or Crawford will be the ones to get hit in the coming games should the Nationals choose to retaliate. It’s so…

In regards to Ray Chapman and player fatalities from HBP, yes, it’s rare. But more and more players are wearing face-guards to protect themselves because getting hit by a pitch is that freaking dangerous. Yet we allow (and some managers encourage) players to “dictate” the game by deliberately throwing at someone who…

I can dream, can’t I?

Posey didn’t even try to get between Strickland and Harper, and that said it all.

Strickland is a total goon, yes.

Strickland is a goon.

The real story here is that the Yard Goats and Rumble Ponies are actual team names.

I’ve also never lost a tennis match playing for my country. Does that give me the right to discriminate?

I always thought this curve ball was the best, but I think Berrios has usurped him:

Anyone else have flashbacks from Game 7 of the World Series while watching this?

I wish I were an Os-Kiermaier weiner...

Kiermaier? I barely know her!