MacLennan: Does baseball need to reassess the ‘right’ way to play?
From Ashley MacLennan at FanGraphs on August 31, 2017:
“You gotta take care of your teammates sometimes. With me, if hitting a guy in the leg is what I have to do, then that’s what I did… I take care of my teammates and protect them.” Those were the words of Tigers relief pitcher Alex Wilson in the immediate aftermath of one of the most absurd and raucous games of baseball in recent memory.
During the August 24th day game between the Tigers and Yankees, the benches cleared three times and eight people were ejected, including players, managers, and coaches. Multiple players on both teams were – intentionally or not – hit by pitches. An array of fines and suspensions followed.
It was, for lack of a better word, a disaster.
It was also an object lesson in one of baseball’s most notoriously silly and problematic unwritten rules.
Read the full article here: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/does-baseball-need-to-reassess-the-right-way-to-play/
Originally published: September 1, 2017. Last Updated: September 1, 2017.