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Illiniaaron
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IanKEvans2
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Obvious Shirts is one of my favorites. One of their designs is the avatar I have on this site. I'm sure it's long since been out of production.

Mo Baller-related, I wonder if they'll try to get him some playing time at catcher as the season progresses. This would also make many fantasy baseball managers very happy for catcher-eligibility.
 
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Illiniaaron
Martin with a horrible relief appearance walking all three batters he faced in the eighth. Brown with a great job to get out of it with the Padres scoring just once.
 
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Grandpa
If so many pitchers weren't injured we probably would have gone 6-0 or maybe a disappointing 5-1.

Go Cubs Go!!!
 
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Illiniaaron
I thought the Padres were very careless with the high and tight pitches during that series, intentional or not. I wonder if the Cubs might respond when they visit Wrigley.
 
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Second place is 1st loser
Illiniaaron said:
I thought the Padres were very careless with the high and tight pitches during that series, intentional or not. I wonder if the Cubs might respond when they visit Wrigley.
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High and tight pitches are part of the game and is a pitcher's best friend. If you seen a hitter digging in, back him up and plant a little fear in his heart. There's nothing wrong with purpose pitches.

Now, a ball behind thrown six inches behind and below the head is a pitch with the intent to severely hurt. The normal reaction of a hitter on a high, tight fastball is to get the head out of the way(move the head back), then tuck the head in(move the head down). That's the bean ball and that's careless. There was none of that going on.

If three guys in the series got hit between the shoulder blades, fine, that's obviously highly questionable. There was none of the going on either.

Making a hitter uncomfortable and making them dust themselves off is part of the game within the game. You can't just let a hitter dig in and have access to the whole plate without a little fear. The high inside fastball marries perfectly with the low and away breaking ball.

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Note: The hitters walk up to the plate with full body armor right now. If the ball is inside, these guys don't move because they're wearing elbow guards. Obviously, I'm not advocating for injury, but intimidation is part of the game. There's nothing wrong with being "effectively wild". Having the thought in your head that one COULD get away....part of the game. The great hitters dig in and don't worry about it.
 
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Illiniaaron
Second place is 1st loser said:
High and tight pitches are part of the game and is a pitcher's best friend. If you seen a hitter digging in, back him up and plant a little fear in his heart. There's nothing wrong with purpose pitches.

Now, a ball behind thrown six inches behind and below the head is a pitch with the intent to severely hurt. The normal reaction of a hitter on a high, tight fastball is to get the head out of the way(move the head back), then tuck the head in(move the head down). That's the bean ball and that's careless. There was none of that going on.

If three guys in the series got hit between the shoulder blades, fine, that's obviously highly questionable. There was none of the going on either.

Making a hitter uncomfortable and making them dust themselves off is part of the game within the game. You can't just let a hitter dig in and have access to the whole plate without a little fear. The high inside fastball marries perfectly with the low and away breaking ball.

Nothing to see here.

Note: The hitters walk up to the plate with full body armor right now. If the ball is inside, these guys don't move because they're wearing elbow guards. Obviously, I'm not advocating for injury, but intimidation is part of the game. There's nothing wrong with being "effectively wild". Having the thought in your head that one COULD get away....part of the game. The great hitters dig in and don't worry about it.
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Cubs batters got dusted at least seven times during the series. Seya twice in the same at bat, Bregman twice in the same at bat, Shaw on back to back pitches before he homered. The second pitch was behind his head. These were not just inside. They were all up around the head. Horner got hit in the head. This was not in the normal course of pitching. Something to see here. Tatis or Machado need to catch one in the ribs in their first at bat in Chicago.
 
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