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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Donaldson was as pissed at the umpire as he was anyone else - he got hit (clearly intentionally) and then after warnings were issued a teammate got hit again and he got buzzed twice with no response from the ump. That's going to frustrate the guy.
Royals fans at the beginning of the year (and you just now) use cumulative HBP figures as justification for your ire and yet you ignore the fact that in game Donaldson had been beaned and then buzzed twice. That's going to piss you off - period. You can't very well say "well Gordo got hit 3 times last month so he's right to be angry" and then ignore Donaldson's frustration.
I understand why Donaldson would be pissed just as I understand why the Royals would be nonplussed. It's just friggen absurd that Royals fans that have been crying all season about being targeted are now going to tell anybody to brush it off.
The Royals and their fans damn sure haven't shown a willingness to do so.
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He might have been pissed about the ump letting him get "buzzed," but it's not realistic to expect an umpire to eject a guy for throwing a changeup that rides up and in (because that clearly is a mistake pitch that got away).
And the Madson pitch, it's about the situation. Two on, two strike count, no pitcher is trying to hit ANYBODY on purpose in that situation. It makes no baseball sense in a two-run game.
Neither of those pitches makes sense as an intentional HBP. Just like the 7th pitch of the AB to Tulo doesn't make sense as an intentional HBP.
That's why the Royals weren't run.
Sanchez throwing a pitch inside and missing Escobar and following that up with a second pitch that ran to the middle of the batters box, even further in? Apparently Wolf saw intent there, likely from whatever he heard or saw Sanchez say/do as he walked towards him.