Originally Posted by gman
Originally Posted by RCHRR
I don’t disagree with the Marlins pitcher plunking him and in all fairness Acuna knew it was coming and should have been moving and not dipped his elbow into the pitch but the Braves should have cleared the bench just as soon as the pitch was released. As a pitcher you can not let a batter that has been that hot with the bat just stand there with his feet set in concrete and load up to hit the next home run. You got to get him unsettled, moving and guessing. In the old days when a batter squared the pitcher tried to eat hole them. Double plays were broke up hard at any cost. That’s baseball.
When was last time you saw contact at 2nd breaking us a dp? They dont allow it anymore...least not since that dude had his ankle broke. More contact at first nowadays.

My point exactly. Baseball is being sissyfied just like football.