4/12 vs. Yankees

[Jasonbay44]

this is the biggest downside to pitchers not hitting in the AL. When you throw a AA pitch like that, you should have to come up and take your medicine. Never liked Grey....

 

It clearly wasn't intentional, Hanley leaned in and it hit him. Even if Gray wanted to, do you know how hard it would be to intentionally hit a batter in the hands? Sucks, but there was no intent there at all. Be real.

[jad]

What was wrong with the pitch? It was inside. I hate that he got hurt (maybe badly), but that was a great pitch and H almost swung at it.

[jung]

I know it wasn't intentional. He is supposed to be a ML pitcher. That pitch missed location by 5-6" inside. Where is he going with that? You expect that from a AA pitcher...not a MLer. Listen to Pedro talking about what has happened to pitching inside in the ML's and you will see what I am talking about.

[Jasonbay44]

I know it wasn't intentional. He is supposed to be a ML pitcher. That pitch missed location by 5-6" inside. Where is he going with that? You expect that from a AA pitcher...not a MLer.

 

I know this is hard to believe, but sometimes pitchers miss location, even MLB pitchers.

[RedSoxRally]

Tempers are already on high alert on both sides so even the most innocent of mistakes could end up with another retaliation pitch. Not saying its right but the hate between both teams is flaring up like a wildfire.

[jung]

That was still riding inside when it hit him. If it missed his wrist it would have hit him right in the side

[jacksonianmarch]

Tight zone today.

[RedSoxRally]

It wasn't intentional at all. No question the ball slipped away from Gray.

[UKRedSoxFan]

I’m following over here on At Bat and twitter.

How bad did it look with Hanley? I know its early but are we talking possible break?

[StephenCurry30]

why was there warnings issued for that? if its not intentional, there should be no warnings. now the pitchers have to be careful, its stupid. ump needs a dick in his ass

[jung]

Like I said...listen to Pedro sometime or find an old Pedro Youtube about what has happened to pitching inside in MLB

[StephenCurry30]

UKRedSoxFan - it looked bad, Hanley couldn't regain feeling in his hand and was screaming it pain, id be very surprised if this wasn't a multi week injury. cold definitely help either.

[RedSoxRally]

What sucks about the strike zone being damn tight so early is pitchers end up throwing a helluva lot more pitches than they should. When you start throwing extra pitches, you're gonna make a mistake.

[StephenCurry30]

the umpire sucks, and there has been warnings issued to both teams. this is gonna be extremely tough on both pitchers.

[StephenCurry30]

what are the odds of a rain delay?

[StephenCurry30]

big f***ing dick rick is on the money right now.

[Maxbialystock]

Six nice outs.

[jung]

It did not deserve warnings. I agree with that. But it did not slip out of his hand either. Just a bad bad miss.

[RedSoxRally]

2 good innings for Porcello. Now get the man some runs to work with.

[jad]

Old pitchers always talk about how much better they were in the past. Drysdale was especially eloquent about pitching inside (well, of course, he hit a lot of guys and threw behind them and got into brawls and all that ...). I am curious, though, about the notion that MLB pitchers never "miss location" by 5-6". That entails first knowing what "location" is. You may be in the pitcher's mind; I'm not. Do you mean where the catcher holds the glove? I see pitchers miss that by over half a foot on almost every at bat. And how do you explain the extraordinary phenomena of walks in the majors?

[UKRedSoxFan]

UKRedSoxFan - it looked bad, Hanley couldn't regain feeling in his hand and was screaming it pain, id be very surprised if this wasn't a multi week injury. cold definitely help either.

 

FFS. Couldn’t make this up. A great start and in the space of a week we lose Bogey and Hanley.

Typical that it had to be them lot as well. I hate them. Accident or not.

[iortiz]

Very good command and mix of pitches from Porcello thus far.

[jacksonianmarch]

Look on the bright side. If it’s broken, then you’ll likely avoid the option?

[StephenCurry30]

the game of baseball has changed. back when these old pitchers played they could pitch like 15 innings and throw 280 pitches. it was a different game.

[a700hitter]

Yep, Austin was suspended for 5 games and Kelly was suspended for 6 games.

It is not surprising that Kelly would get the unjustified larger penalty as they were probably issued by that Yankee pimp, Joe Torre.

[jung]

Old pitchers always talk about how much better they were in the past. Drysdale was especially eloquent about pitching inside (well, of course, he hit a lot of guys and threw behind them and got into brawls and all that ...). I am curious, though, about the notion that MLB pitchers never "miss location" by 5-6". That entails first knowing what "location" is. You may be in the pitcher's mind; I'm not. Do you mean where the catcher holds the glove? I see pitchers miss that by over half a foot on almost every at bat. And how do you explain the extraordinary phenomena of walks in the majors?

 

If that missed his wrist, it would have hit him dead in the side since it was still riding in when it hit him. That would have been a miss of about a foot!

[RedSoxRally]

It did not deserve warnings. I agree with that. But it did not slip out of his hand either. Just a bad bad miss.

 

I agree. Between the size of the strike zone only being as big as a baseball and Hanley getting hit & having to leave the game, those early warnings by the umpires may as well not exist. Those two things this early on is enough to piss off both teams.

[Maxbialystock]

Skillfully done, Nunez! Fantastic placement!

[Jasonbay44]

Ugh, hopefully this isn't another nagging Nunez leg injury like he had last year.

[iortiz]

Oh boy, Nuñez has something.