Question: Are we to try and judge what a pitcher's intent is when throwing at a batter's head, or just dump anyone who throws one up there for whatever reason? IMO there is no way Veres was intentionally throwing at Patton - there was no past history and nothing going on in the game that would dictate it. If we dump anyone who throws at a batter's head, we're going to send a lot of wild High School pitchers packing way too early... The rule allows us to dump a pitcher without warning, but we'd better be able to justify it - and in some cases hope the next pitcher isn't as wild as the one we just dumped!
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