Category Archives: Retaliation
Opening Day + Extra Innnings = Beanball Drama in Cleveland
The season’s first lesson on sensitivity awareness was given yesterday in Cleveland, when benches emptied after Shin-Soo Choo was forced to duck under a head-high fastball from Toronto reliever Luis Perez in the 15th inning. While no hitter in baseball … Continue reading
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Retaliatory Practices: Baseball Justice Gets Clinical
Isn’t it great when scientists give serious consideration to things they probably shouldn’t be giving serious consideration to? Case in point: the recent study from researchers out of Brown, Hofstra and Boston universities, which determined that while fans don’t think … Continue reading
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Tulo or Ubaldo? Jimenez Out to Prove the Rockies Made the Right Decision
Anybody wondering why the Colorado Rockies never considered Ubaldo Jimenez to be in the same stratosphere as Troy Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez got their answer today. Turns out the guy is hot-headed, and possibly a touch delusional. Jimenez, who publicly … Continue reading
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For a Good Time, Please Don’t Call Mike Napoli
Usually, pitchers can unbunch their panties via well-placed fastballs aimed at or near the player responsible for said bunching. It’s time-honored and it’s effective and, if it’s executed properly, it allows adequate venting with no long-term damage. The long-term nature … Continue reading
Daniel Hudson Throws Season’s First Gauntlet
Looks like Diamondbacks starting pitchers learned a lesson. In talking to Arizona radio station Sports 620, Daniel Hudson touched upon the fact that Justin Upton was hit by 19 pitches last season—second most in baseball. “If it’s a starting pitcher … Continue reading
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Let’s Get Things Started! Parent Casts Season’s First Stone
Talk about setting a tone. There’s a new order on the south side of Chicago, and one of those taking charge, White Sox bench coach Mark Parent, wasted little time in establishing the team’s tenor this season. “You hit our … Continue reading
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Yes, There’s a Chance that Tony La Russa, Baseball’s Resident Expert on Retaliation, May Soon Get Even More Verbose on the Topic
They say retirement softens people. It remains to be seen whether Tony La Russa might fall into this category, but in the short term, his newfound freedom seems to have loosened his lips. While managing the Cardinals last season, La … Continue reading
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We Must Be in the Front Row: Not First Time for Ticket Mixup at Busch
Between the name-calling and the occasional hit batter and the Beast Mode, this Brewers-Cardinals NLCS has not been short on tempestuous fun. Wednesday, however, things took a bit of a different turn. Whether it’s a bizarre form of institutional retaliation … Continue reading
Filed under Jeffrey Leonard, Jeffrey Leonard, Retaliation, Showing Players Up
Cervelli-abration: How Much is Too Much, and What to do About it?
So Francisco Cervelli hit a big home run and clapped his hands in celebration as he stepped on the plate, directly under the nose of Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia. The next pitch Cervelli saw hit him square in the … Continue reading
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How to Pick Your Battles and When: A Farewell to Logan Morrison
Baseball has seen its share of retaliation this season, lowlighted by Jered Weaver and Carlos Carrasco throwing at players’ heads after being offended on the field. This week, however, saw a different kind of retaliation—less fiery, but more bureaucratic and … Continue reading
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