Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fisher.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!astrovax!fisher!david From: david@fisher.UUCP (David Rubin) Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: Beanball fever Message-ID: <268@fisher.UUCP> Date: Mon, 13-Aug-84 09:29:18 EDT Article-I.D.: fisher.268 Posted: Mon Aug 13 09:29:18 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Aug-84 01:32:00 EDT Organization: Princeton Univ. Statistics Lines: 28 [duck!] This was a bit too much folks. Pascal Perez hit the first batter (Wiggins) in yesterday's Brave-Padre game in Atlanta. From the replay that I saw, I'd say it was on that just got away (besides, who wants to put Wiggins on to start the game?). However, the Padres were unable to see things that way. Each of FOUR times Perez came to bat he was knocked down. To say this was retaliation is ridiculous; an accidental HBP does not require any chin music, never mind a four movement symphony. The Padres were evidently sure they were in a beanball battle long before the Braves found out (Atlanta did not retaliate in kind until late in the game). As such, I feel the league ought to treat this as an institution's problem rather than an individual's one. I therefore think it would be fair to leavy a fine on San Diego as a team rather than on the individual pitchers. A just amount might be the receipts from well attended weekend game, say $250,000. This was not your typical beanball incident, born out of high emotion and chance. This was a deliberate attempt on the part of a first-place team to deprive its rather distant challenger of the use of its top starter, by either intimidation or injury. David Rubin {allegra|astrovax|princeton}!fisher!david