I am a Braves partisan, and we are still angry. There is no rational argument that Urena had any intent other than to maim Acuna. You can pitch inside with a breaking ball without permanent injury. His triumphant mound behavior after hitting Acuna, coupled with is comments after the game (“let’s move on”) prove intent.To give Marlins fans credit, however, they reacted to Acuna this weekend the same way Braves fans reacted to the late Jose Fernandez – with heartfelt applause at every at bat (Fernandez was good enough hitting that he could have been an every day player.) Acuna seems to be one of those rare creatures (like Trout, Harper, and Judge) who lives up to the hype. Marlins are about a year behind the Braves in their rebuilding, but they will never get there with bush tactics; the game has changed. Hope the Braves try to sign Realmuto – he is maybe the best catcher in baseball.
I am a Braves partisan, and we are still angry. There is no rational argument that Urena had any intent other than to maim Acuna. You can pitch inside with a breaking ball without permanent injury. His triumphant mound behavior after hitting Acuna, coupled with is comments after the game (“let’s move on”) prove intent.To give Marlins fans credit, however, they reacted to Acuna this weekend the same way Braves fans reacted to the late Jose Fernandez – with heartfelt applause at every at bat (Fernandez was good enough hitting that he could have been an every day player.) Acuna seems to be one of those rare creatures (like Trout, Harper, and Judge) who lives up to the hype. Marlins are about a year behind the Braves in their rebuilding, but they will never get there with bush tactics; the game has changed. Hope the Braves try to sign Realmuto – he is maybe the best catcher in baseball.