Sunday Night Baseball

[LMan]

I did think it was funny that ER said, "he's gonna throw at me, just wait," and POW! there it was under his chin

[midtnblu]

and everytime from here on when Renteria plays against the Cubs he's gonna tell the umpire "hey mr. umpire, i think that big bully out there is gonna fo the ball at me..(sniffle,sniffle, whimper, whine.)

[gsf23]

Originally Posted by LMan

I did think it was funny that ER said, "he's gonna throw at me, just wait," and POW! there it was under his chin

And how did Renteria know that he was going to be hit? And how did Wolf know that the Cubs would try to retaliate? Because the Braves were allowed to INTENTIONALLY throw at Soriano and nothing was done except to give both teams warnings.

That is exactly how this situation should have been handled as well. Renteria is hit and same as the day before, both teams get warned and we play ball.

And please, if Tscheda thought what Hudson did the day before was unintentional, then why the need to immediately warm both teams? It was because he knew what everyone else did, Soriano hit three bombs and the Braves decided put one in his ear hole to send a message.

[LMan]

Well, if you hit 3 dingers in one game, you can expect some chin music on your 4th AB. That's not a surprise, and Soriano wasn't surprised.

[Don Mueller]

Originally Posted by LMan

Well, if you hit 3 dingers in one game, you can expect some chin music on your 4th AB..

Actually it wasn't until his 3rd AB after his 3rd home run.
What took them so long?

[gsf23]

Originally Posted by LMan

Well, if you hit 3 dingers in one game, you can expect some chin music on your 4th AB. That's not a surprise, and Soriano wasn't surprised.

The didn't throw at Soriano until his first at bat on Saturday, the day after he hit the three dingers. And Renteria shouldn't have been suprised either when the Cubs threw at him on Sunday. He should have just taken it like Soriano instead of crying to the umpire before his at-bat.