GDT 9/2/17 Philadelphia Phillies (A Nola) @ Miami Marlins (D Straily)

[gmwannabe]

will all of the lousy appearances Jake Thompson has had this year, he can endear himself to my heart with one pitch in today's game. and you are right LB they should be pitching inside. nothing wrong with that, but has stanton had one real inside pitch thrown to him this year by the phils to move him off the plate? also, with a 98 mph pitch right at him, did hopkins have time to get out of the way? Maybe, and probably, i'm wrong here but there hasn't been much backing off pitching by the phils all year. That pitch, at that time of the game, with the score like that, i don't think was a slip or mistake.
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[phillychuck]

I usually don't like to see retaliation, but, realistically, if one of your players gets drilled by an intentional or careless pitch enough times and you don't at least make the other team think there might be a cost, pitchers on the other team will continue to be "careless" and your position players will pay the price for that.

One of the undeniable elements of baseball is that it's fairly intimidating to stand 60'6" away from a guy that can throw a baseball at 95 mph. The people throwing need to be respectful of the damage they can do by pitching carefully. I don't know if this particular situation was careless; I have not seen the pitch or the sequence. But it's honestly naive to think that there isn't a chance the Phils pitchers might get a bit careless today, too. And, as a former position player, I welcomed that protection.

[zambonir]

It really sucks to see a player who is so important to the Phillies' future get hurt in such a circumstance, so I hope they leave Stanton alone.