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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
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.
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I think Wolf did a fine job, and I don't have many qualms with your points, because they actually bring context into the debate. From a purely logical standpoint, Donaldson shouldn't have barked in the seventh, but no one can be expected to be logical given what had already happened to him. That's what tk has been unwilling to acknowledge, and it's myopic bullshit.