This is nothing. Dig up your baseball history…the Thirties were all about beanballs and intimidation of batters, espcially highly-touted rookies. Cole Hamels has nothing on Charlie Root. The one person who seems the most unruffled may be Harper himself, who had to know he was going to be tested at some point. It’s major league baseball, folks, and hitters will be thrown at until they replace pitchers with batting tees.
Walter Johnson not only never threw at batters deliberately, he was scared of hitting them accidentally. There’s also been a traditional difference between intimidation and head-hunting.
Linguist over 12 years ago
The Commish is getting a bit nervous.
Guilty Bystander over 12 years ago
This is nothing. Dig up your baseball history…the Thirties were all about beanballs and intimidation of batters, espcially highly-touted rookies. Cole Hamels has nothing on Charlie Root. The one person who seems the most unruffled may be Harper himself, who had to know he was going to be tested at some point. It’s major league baseball, folks, and hitters will be thrown at until they replace pitchers with batting tees.
Godfreydaniel over 12 years ago
Walter Johnson not only never threw at batters deliberately, he was scared of hitting them accidentally. There’s also been a traditional difference between intimidation and head-hunting.