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From: david@fisher.UUCP (David Rubin)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: met beanball tactics
Message-ID: <256@fisher.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 9-Aug-84 08:48:08 EDT
Article-I.D.: fisher.256
Posted: Thu Aug  9 08:48:08 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 10-Aug-84 01:10:10 EDT
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The evidence is that Terrell was not trying to bean Dernier. Terrell,
Johnson, and even Frey are all certain that it was accidental, as
even Mario Soto is not going to bring the tying run up by hitting a
guy. The umps later admitted that they thought it was unintentional,
but they wanted to play it safe, given what happened the day before.
So they gave both Terrell and Johnson the heave-ho.

The same situation came up in the 9th with the Cubs leading 7-5 and
Foster hitting. Smith let loose with a fastball right at Foster's head
(and believe me, a Smith fastball is a much more serious matter than
one of Terrell's), barely missing beaning him. Again, everyone thought
it was unintentional (as it would have been really poor strategy to
bring the tying run up), but the umps, again playing it safe, ejected
Frey and Smith. 

In fact, the only guy hit by the pitch this series who has a legitimate
gripe is Moreland. Lynch was certainly trying to brush him back, but
it was not a knock down pitch. I think everyone's getting a little
overheated; there was no HEADhunting.

					David Rubin
			{allegra|astrovax|princeton}!fisher!david