Rory Sparrow
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Posting this here because when I went to the Cubs-Rockies thread in our trusty Cubs subforum, no one was really talking about this...I guess they were too busy 'arguing' over Carl Edwards' WHIP (It's 1.00! He's been very good! Giving up 3 HRs in 7 hits is 'unlucky'!) and pontificating over how the Cubs 2019 World Series rotation will look with gems like these...
Anyway, who doesn't love a good beanball war? For all the bogus "umpire warnings" and bench-clearing 'staredowns', I find it incredible that the Cubs-Rockies beanball war was allowed to exist. Last year, the Rockies derailed Kris Bryant's season when they hit him in the head. This year, Bryant is hit twice on consecutive pitches, and nothing happens. No bogus warnings. No reprisals. The game goes on. You'd think MLB would be overly-sensitive to Bryant getting hit by Rockies pitchers after what happened in 2018. Maddon even sits Bryant out in the final game of the series and publicly states its because the Rockies keep hitting him with pitches.
So what happens? More Cubs get hit by pitches. Baez almost gets decapitated. Still no warnings. When Hamels finally responds by hitting a Rockies player, Hamels himself gets hit by a pitch when he is batting. The only thing more amazing than MLB's inaction is Rockies manager Bud Black saying after the game, "It didn't look right to me." Gee, ya think?
Today is an example why I didn't say push Hamels to the pen.
Anyway, who doesn't love a good beanball war? For all the bogus "umpire warnings" and bench-clearing 'staredowns', I find it incredible that the Cubs-Rockies beanball war was allowed to exist. Last year, the Rockies derailed Kris Bryant's season when they hit him in the head. This year, Bryant is hit twice on consecutive pitches, and nothing happens. No bogus warnings. No reprisals. The game goes on. You'd think MLB would be overly-sensitive to Bryant getting hit by Rockies pitchers after what happened in 2018. Maddon even sits Bryant out in the final game of the series and publicly states its because the Rockies keep hitting him with pitches.
So what happens? More Cubs get hit by pitches. Baez almost gets decapitated. Still no warnings. When Hamels finally responds by hitting a Rockies player, Hamels himself gets hit by a pitch when he is batting. The only thing more amazing than MLB's inaction is Rockies manager Bud Black saying after the game, "It didn't look right to me." Gee, ya think?