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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
No one has said that it was intentional. But put yourself in Donaldson's shoes. You get nailed in the first, and have two go near your ear hole.
But you seem completely incapable of understanding why that might be upsetting. If a guy gets undercut going to the basket purposefully and then takes two unintentional elbows, you can be goddamned sure the second will set him off.
But, as always, if the Royals do it, it's understandable no matter how many gymnastics are involved to justify it. Damn the fact that you have gotten into more shit than any team in baseball this year.
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I think it's possible to understand why Donaldson was upset. I do.
I also think it's possible to understand, looking at the sanitation, that Madson was neither throwing at Tulowitzki (to put another man on for the red-hot guy who has killed you all series?) nor Donaldson. It's possible to understand that Volquez was not trying to throw at Donaldson's head in the first (it hit him in the upper arm) or trying to hit him with a changeup.
I think it's also possible to say that Donaldson's reaction in the 7th (which included yelling at the umpire for an extended period of time, as well as walking all the way to the screen/towards the dugout) was excessive.
And I think it's definitely possible to say Joey Bautista and Gregg Zaun's reactions to the Madson pitches in the 7th, and his non-ejection, and Volquez's non-ejection in the 3rd, are completely out of line,
The umpire handled things appropriately if you apply any sort of logic or baseball analysis to those situations. Ned Yost didn't say anything inflammatory another manager wouldn't say after that game.