Also bullshit. Pitchers brush batters back all the time. It’s how good pitchers regain control of the strike zone. There’s nothing wrong with doing so. Having one get away from the pitcher is the price he pays for trying. No need to jam your panties completely up your ass while getting on that high horse to go all the way up that molehill to bitch about it. Pirates retaliated, the matter’s closed.
In the same vein, this clip.
Mariners and Seahawks fan here my whole life.
What do the Pirates and the Broncos have in common?
Right, and being touched in return. There’s nothing wrong with Arrieta throwing inside, or even hitting a guy. That’s baseball. He just needs to keep his mouth shut when it comes back around.
WHAT did you call me?!?
Or maybe the Pirates just need not to be whiny little bitches. Whatever Arrieta said, I’m sure it wasn’t a magical incantation that forced them to run out of the dugout and make fools of themselves.
And wrt why Rodriguez was particularly incensed, maybe it was because he got pulled for a pinch hitter on his FIRST at bat?
Fuck the Pirates, and fuck anyone who sticks up for their behavior last night. I grew up rooting for Pittsburgh, but if that’s how they’re going to act they can have another 20 losing seasons for all I care.
Huh? The Cubs came out first. I’m sure Maddon or Bosio, and maybe Montero, were heading to Arrieta right quick to make sure he didn’t do or say something (with Jeff Nelson right in front of him pushing his chest) that got him thrown out of the game.
From your lips to the baseball gods’ ears, for every team.
Remembering when the double play was a Cubs tradition:
Baseball’s Sad Lexicon
by Franklin Pierce Adams
These are the saddest of possible words:
“Tinker to Evers to Chance.”
Trio of bear cubs, and fleeter than birds,
Tinker and Evers and Chance.
Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon* bubble,
Making a Giant hit into a double –
Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble:
“Tinker to Evers to Chance.”
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What’s the number for Wells Fargo Center? 555-1975
[pedant]Tinker, Evers and Chance never actually led the league in double plays.[/pedant]
Their pitching staff was too good. Not enough baserunners. Good pitching staffs almost never have a lot of double plays.
Tinker, Evers and Chance really were great fielders.
Their pitching staff was too good. Not enough baserunners. Good pitching staffs almost never have a lot of double plays.
Tinker, Evers and Chance really were great fielders.
Thanks, Cubs for stomping the Cardinals and then choking harder than a teen autoerotic asphyxiating in the closet.
Do the Cubs still have time to cave? I’m waiting.