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Originally posted by mattmets
Don't know if anyone saw/heard the Mets-Astros game tonight but a situation came up. 2-1 Mets, runner on first, bottom of the 7th, Cliff Floyd is 2-3 off Roy Oswalt tonight. With a 1-0 count, Phil Garner pops out of the dugout to talk to Oswalt. The next pitch is a fastball that pegs Floyd in the back. Floyd walks out towards the mound, but doesn't charge or take more than 2 or 3 steps. Catcher and HP umpire step in and diffuse the sitch. Bruce Dreckman warns both benches, which leads Willie Randolph to discuss the validity of the warning in terms of retaliation.
The aforementioned is where IMO MLB needs to get rid of the warning rule period. By issuing a warning, the hitters automatically get a tremendous advantage because anything inside that's questionable will almost always result in an EJ.
At the major league level, let the players police the game.
Hey you hit one of my top hitters I will hit yours, then we can play ball. Baseball used to be played that way when the likes of Kofax, Gibson, Drysdale, Seaver played the game.
The Problem: Too much money today.
Pete Booth
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