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<blockquote data-quote="FredJacket" data-source="post: 693291" data-attributes="member: 2843"><p>Too late. All players were given immunity by MLB in exchange for their testimony in the investigation. </p><p></p><p>We may not like it... but if MLB hadn't done that... there is no chance we'd have the understanding of what happened right now. It would be even muddier & messier than it is.</p><p></p><p>The Astros players have shown they were totally unprepared for the response. I think they assumed folks would just move on after hearing the facts/report & the firing of a few managers. WRONG! Not only did media press them hard here at opening of Spring training... but other players are lashing out too. MLB has a huge mess on their hands. Very unusual for players to be going after each other like this in the media/social media. It has gotten ugly & it isn't going to end any time soon.</p><p></p><p>As for stopping pitchers from throwing at batters (in general...not just Astros), MLB can & should do something. It can be done. Give umpires latitude to throw guys out when they think it is intentional. No warning. It is dangerous to be plugged by a baseball. Intentionally doing it is not good. Get it out of the game. There is no perfect way to do it... sure you may toss guys who don't mean to hit a guy... but you will see a big decrease if there are consequences of significance. The "dance" of warning benches & pitchers claiming a pitch "got away" is silly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FredJacket, post: 693291, member: 2843"] Too late. All players were given immunity by MLB in exchange for their testimony in the investigation. We may not like it... but if MLB hadn't done that... there is no chance we'd have the understanding of what happened right now. It would be even muddier & messier than it is. The Astros players have shown they were totally unprepared for the response. I think they assumed folks would just move on after hearing the facts/report & the firing of a few managers. WRONG! Not only did media press them hard here at opening of Spring training... but other players are lashing out too. MLB has a huge mess on their hands. Very unusual for players to be going after each other like this in the media/social media. It has gotten ugly & it isn't going to end any time soon. As for stopping pitchers from throwing at batters (in general...not just Astros), MLB can & should do something. It can be done. Give umpires latitude to throw guys out when they think it is intentional. No warning. It is dangerous to be plugged by a baseball. Intentionally doing it is not good. Get it out of the game. There is no perfect way to do it... sure you may toss guys who don't mean to hit a guy... but you will see a big decrease if there are consequences of significance. The "dance" of warning benches & pitchers claiming a pitch "got away" is silly. [/QUOTE]
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