Comments on: Code of Hammurabi? Meh.

By: weeping for brunnhilde

weeping for brunnhilde — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:04:52 +0000

I have to agree with OK. While I’m deeply sympathetic to the high road position and I’m not a vengeful person, enough is enough already. You don’t have to even hit anyone, as has been pointed out, you just have to intimidate them. Make them uncomfortable, move their feet, and yes, plunk them on the ass. Something, for Christ’s sake!

Enough is enough.

By: weeping for brunnhilde

weeping for brunnhilde — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:59:48 +0000

Hahahahahah!!

“Big Bart pulled up lame covering first base in the seventh inning. He had thrown just 83 pitches and was working on a two-hit shutout at the time of his exit. Given his age, weight, and conditioning”

I swear to God, I read, “given his ass, weight, and conditioning…”

hahahahahaha!!

By: Just Fair

Just Fair — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:08:45 +0000

It’s pathetic that the only time I can reall payback withing the last 10 years is CC’s well placed 97 mph heater to Ortiz’s ribs the other night. That was beautiful. I guess Nova buzzed Ugly a few times last year. That was nice. When Ramirez flipped out over Clemens his pitch was high but over the goddamn plate. I agree with Wells. Grow some balls. Today. Throw at someone’s waste or below. I seriously doubt the Yankees hitters resspect the “high road’ their pitchers are taking. It’s horsehit. The routine plunking of Yanees hitters by the Red Sox for 10 years with the good guy pitchers doing nothing was bollocks.

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 15:19:29 +0000

How about this then: if a player is injured as the result of a HBP and has to go on the DL, the pitcher is subsequently tossed from the game and suspended for the duration of the injured player’s length of time on the DL up to 15 days. I want the Yankee players to show more spirit than they have been showing too, but then I want the league to do their job first. I agree with Jazz that taking the high road can only go so far before it becomes impractical because of injuries, and may I also say that we should not be looking to the Yanks or any other team for high moral imperatives in a game that allows conflicts of those morals.

By: MSM35

MSM35 — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:53:49 +0000

I find it amusing that we fans so bravely advocate payback. I heard a particular talk show person doing the same thing. Let the players and the umpires do their job. We are neither throwing nor standing in front of a “speedball” to quote the real Boss.

By: a.O

a.O — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:47:47 +0000

It is definitely time for MLB to get involved … if they don’t want the Yanks to start retaliating. Jazz is right — What other choice do the Yanks have? Everyone has the right to defend themselves, and if the cops (MLB) don’t step in, the only choices are to fight or hit back. Why should these guys have to accept continuing to get hit? It’s just not fair. In fact, this is one of the main reasons the league’s disciplinary structure exists — to make sure these things don’t escalate too far.

By: Mr OK Jazz Tokyo

Mr OK Jazz Tokyo — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 12:11:10 +0000

[4] Well, maybe I’m wrong. I don’t know..seems to me that if guys are REPEATEDLY throwing at me intentionally and not ONE of my pitchers (other than CC) is following the unwritten baseball rules of retaliating..I mean, what else can you do? How many more times can they risk Teix or A-Rod getting hit?

Anyways, hopefully this all stops now. And that I wake up tomorrow to read about another win!

By: ny2ca2dc

ny2ca2dc — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 12:03:08 +0000

3) charge the mound, seriously? What are the chances the mound charger does not get injured in the ensuing scrum? 50%? Come on. I’m fine with plunking a guy in the bum, but I’m mostly with RIYank

By: Mr OK Jazz Tokyo

Mr OK Jazz Tokyo — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:53:13 +0000

[2] No one is advocating ruining someone’s career. Retaliation need not be a fastball to the head or hands. How about charging the mound, taking it straight to the pitcher? This is pretty clear cut to me. As long as the Yankees “take the high road” they will continue to get thrown at, is that not obvious by now?

If I’m Teix or A-Rod I’m letting the umpires and other team’s managers know that the next one way inside is going to be met by a charge to the mound. Sometimes enough is enough.

By: RIYank

RIYank — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:09:48 +0000

I’m on Girardi’s side.
Bartolo Colon is supposed to ruin Grady Sizemore’s career because Fausto Carmona (or Mitch Talbott…) is an asshole? Maybe in the NL, where you can retaliate against the pitcher himself. Even then I don’t like it — one way in which baseball is superior to football is that in baseball you try to win but you don’t try to hurt the opponent.

And [1] I don’t agree that A-Rod and Teix deserve to get hit by fastballs. I don’t think any baseball player does. I can’t even imagine what you’re thinking when you say something like that.

By: Mr OK Jazz Tokyo

Mr OK Jazz Tokyo — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 09:28:52 +0000

It’s ridiculous. You don’t retaliate then you deserve to get hit. Show some damn pride, already!