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Ultimately, Pittsburgh is responsible for players they plunk, accident or not. Frieri can't control his pitches (trust me, I'm an Angels fan). Pittsburgh knew this could happen, but they evidently felt it was worth gambling knowing they could hurt an AZ batter... Snake eyes... If you're a MLB-er, you should really be able to avoid hitting someone, even if that means you can't throw certain pitches and/or in certain locations on the plate.
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By the way, I couldn't help but notice this newspaper headline just ten days before Goldschmidt got hit: "Dodgers’ Justin Turner airs concerns after another beanball war, loss to Pirates".
http://www.dailynews.com/sports/2014...oss-to-pirates In it the author reports: Quote:
He goes on to say that McCutchen had been hit earlier--by a sinker no less--to load the bases, and suggests the obvious, that it was not intentional. Nonetheless, Quote:
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