Fact: the last three seasons José Ureña has, by far, led the leagues in beanballs. He didn’t need to try to bean that guy because it comes so naturally to him. When it happened, whose acting was better? Ureña’s terrible “I didn’t do it on purpose” routing or Acuña’s fake “Oh, I’m hurt” stuff?
A friend of mine tried out for the Cubbies. He didn’t make it. Still, he threw a wicked ball. He bounced one off my leg once, and I thought my leg was broken. I think of that moment whenever I see a player take one in the head.
I could never understand why Acuna getting hit was deemed so much worse than Judge getting hurt and losing part of the season by an “errant” pitch. Both pitchers should have been banned for the season
I’ve been baffled by voters plenty of times before, ranging from the Emmys to the Oscars to politics. But this year’s SJOY? Wow. So far, I have to wonder how many voters were hit with beanballs……..
ArmOfTheSportsPress almost 6 years ago
Fact: the last three seasons José Ureña has, by far, led the leagues in beanballs. He didn’t need to try to bean that guy because it comes so naturally to him. When it happened, whose acting was better? Ureña’s terrible “I didn’t do it on purpose” routing or Acuña’s fake “Oh, I’m hurt” stuff?
renewed1 almost 6 years ago
A friend of mine tried out for the Cubbies. He didn’t make it. Still, he threw a wicked ball. He bounced one off my leg once, and I thought my leg was broken. I think of that moment whenever I see a player take one in the head.
jagedlo almost 6 years ago
I had forgotten about that…and the weak response MLB gave in only giving him a 6-game suspension…
drivingfuriously Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Could have just walked him.
Diamond Lil almost 6 years ago
I could never understand why Acuna getting hit was deemed so much worse than Judge getting hurt and losing part of the season by an “errant” pitch. Both pitchers should have been banned for the season
Godfreydaniel almost 6 years ago
I’ve been baffled by voters plenty of times before, ranging from the Emmys to the Oscars to politics. But this year’s SJOY? Wow. So far, I have to wonder how many voters were hit with beanballs……..
jbmlaw01 almost 6 years ago
Hard to quarrel with the choices so far.
paddyofurniture almost 6 years ago
Not a beanball, it wasn’t at his head