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I'm going to agree with the Cub fan here - Mikolas didn't give him a choice.
A) There was NO reason to hit Happ. We retaliate for baseball accidents now? Happ was clearly apologetic and he and Contreras had even hugged it out. There was no intent so no 'message' to send. "Hey, don't go doing that thing you did on accident again!"
B) I think Mikolas stays in the game if he doesn't throw at him twice. You get one free pitch. Mikolas took his and missed. Then he did it again. That really doesn't give the umpires a choice. They can't pretend to not recognize the intent behind it at that point.
It was petty, stupid bullshit from a team being led by a petty, stupid manager. There was no reason at all for Mikolas to throw at Happ and that was a needless escalation that only got worse when he friggen missed him.
This is entirely on Mikolas, IMO.
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