Dravecky43
04-23-2006, 02:54 PM
Weird game so far today. It's the top of the sixth, and there have been a few newsworthy happenings:
I wasn't able to see it, but Matt Morris, Felipe Alou, and Dave Righetti were tossed in the first. Morris had two pitches get away from him to different batters and plunked them, and the ump apparently thought it was retaliation for yesterday's beaning of Omar Vizquel. (If you didn't see that, Jose Mesa threw a pitch that hit Omar in the shoulder. It is very plausible that the beanball was intentional, because Omar and Jose apparently have a history dating back to their days on the Indians. Mesa was NOT thrown out of the game by the umpire, though.)
Steve Finley led off the sixth against Jeff Francis and got plunked. Before he headed down to first, he and acting manager Ron Wotus gave it to the home plate ump because he did not throw Francis out. As either Kruk or Kuip said, "There are two sets of rules going right now."
A few minutes later, Finley was on second, and Ray Durham grounded a ball to short and beat out the throw. He was almost thrown out, though, because he grabbed his hammy about 10 feet from the bag. He was replaced by Vizquel. Hopefully it isn't anything serious.
I wasn't able to see it, but Matt Morris, Felipe Alou, and Dave Righetti were tossed in the first. Morris had two pitches get away from him to different batters and plunked them, and the ump apparently thought it was retaliation for yesterday's beaning of Omar Vizquel. (If you didn't see that, Jose Mesa threw a pitch that hit Omar in the shoulder. It is very plausible that the beanball was intentional, because Omar and Jose apparently have a history dating back to their days on the Indians. Mesa was NOT thrown out of the game by the umpire, though.)
Steve Finley led off the sixth against Jeff Francis and got plunked. Before he headed down to first, he and acting manager Ron Wotus gave it to the home plate ump because he did not throw Francis out. As either Kruk or Kuip said, "There are two sets of rules going right now."
A few minutes later, Finley was on second, and Ray Durham grounded a ball to short and beat out the throw. He was almost thrown out, though, because he grabbed his hammy about 10 feet from the bag. He was replaced by Vizquel. Hopefully it isn't anything serious.