From February or March or whenever... “We have been working on for some time a memorandum about being hit by pitches, intentionally throwing at batters,” Manfred told ESPN’s Karl Ravech. “It’s really dangerous, really a dangerous undertaking, and completely independent of the Astros investigation we will be issuing at the beginning of this week a memorandum on hit by pitches which will increase the ramifications of that type of behavior.” Manfred said he will also be meeting with every MLB manager over the next several days, and the issue of plunking Astros hitters will be discussed. “It is simply not appropriate to express whatever frustration you may have growing out of the Astros situation by putting someone physically at risk by throwing at them,” Manfred said. “It’s just not acceptable.” Dodgers pitcher Ross Stripling recently said he “would lean towards yes” regarding whether he would seek retaliation against the Astros in the form of throwing at hitters. “In the right time and the right place,” Stripling said.
George Springer is dealing with some knee soreness after running into a wall against the Mariners. He's also 1 for his first 20. Myles Straw had been dealing with a hamstring injury, too, according to Dusty Baker Dusty Baker said MLB has not been in contact with him about last night's game vs. Dodgers. "Nope." Lance McCullers Jr.: "Joe Kelly threw a ball behind Bregman's head on 3-0 on purpose. Not only did he take it upon himself to send a message, but he wasn't even a part of that team. We knew coming into the game he likes to go off script. What he did was unprofessional." McCullers on Joe Kelly: “We knew coming into the game he likes to go off script. It is what it is. It was done unprofessional. What did after he punched out Correa was unprofessional. Running into the dugout was unprofessional. It is what it is.” Dave Roberts said Major League Baseball informed him they are looking into the Joe Kelly-Astros incident and will quickly reach a decision on potential punishment. Roberts said he will have a brief discussion with his team about leaving the bench. Ryan Pressly and Chris Devenski are unavailable tonight for the Astros, but both will travel with the team on its upcoming nine-game road trip. James Click was optimistic yesterday that both would avoid the injured list.
Hinch would have called Springer and told him he was still batting first, but would play DH to rest his knees.
I suspect tonight's game on ESPN may be once of the highest rated regular season MLB games in ESPN's history.
Astros should retaliate...by putting up runs on the scoreboard. No need to stoop to their level. Swing them bats, get those runs, be the better team and get the win that matters.
So who can we sacrifice for 8 games when we retaliate tonight? Shame Biagini isn't available, he would've been perfect.
This, Astros need to focus on what matters and that's finding momentum and good pitching before getting into a dumb fight over the losers of the 2017 World Series. They just aren't that important, no matter how much they want to make it about them. Every team is going to do this for the next couple of years. Random dumb asses are going to try and hit our guys because they feel they where cheated. They weren't cheated, they were beat. The whole league is hungry to see The Astros mad. All these fan bases love to see the Astros get hit by pitches and lose. Hit them where it hurts, by ignoring these "bad asses" and just play ball. I'll take the 2017 World Series Championship over stupid Kelly shirts, I mean what else do they have?
I like tucker but not sure him leading off and getting the most at bats is the best move. I would’ve slid everyone up and had him batting in front of Maldonado. Hope I’m wrong though.
I didn't understand Roberts being suspended, and I don't understand Baker being fined lol. What the heck did they do? Kelly almost hit Breg's in the head, and even though it was a slider (87 mph) almost hit CC in the head, and then mouthed off to CC after he literally didn't say a word. Kelly deserves what he got. He started every 'bit of this.
Devo doesn't throw hard enough. lol. Whoever is asked to do the dirty work knows they are expendable tho.
I would be interested in seeing a valentines day like massacre style retaliation though. Just zip like 100 fastballs into their dugout at the same time and then have our players testify with immunity.
