Red Sox (Moran) vs Tigers (Valdez): 5/5/26, 6:40pm

[JoeBrady]

13 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Baseball was a different game back when most players were on one year contracts. Batters almost expected to get hit when the preceding hitter launched a HR.

Which is fine by me, but he came in high.  That warrants a suspension.

[JoeBrady]

12 minutes ago, notin said:

At some point, it’s probably important to realize a major league fastball strikes with more force than a pellet fired from a riot gun.  You know, the weapon police use to subdue people that are out of control…

So you're saying that Story should've been strapped?

[moonslav59]

8 hours ago, iortiz said:

I don't think Bello is going to be starter again. 

Not so sure, now?

[illinoisredsox]

36 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Valdez is being interviewed and when asked about hitting Story, he replied it wasn't intentional. I was just trying to throw strikes.

And he said all that BS with straight face.

He wanted out of the game and hitting Story was the way to do it.  Pretty obvious when it happened and even moreso when he just nodded to ump the after the ejection.

 

[notin]

1 hour ago, JoeBrady said:

So you're saying that Story should've been strapped?

That might be a dangerous precedent. Especially with some unpredictable types like Manny Machado, not to mention some of the immature types like Pete Crow-Armstrong and Alec Bohm…