Jonathan Lucroy

[Dad04]

It's official. The beef is on.

https://www.mlb.com/news/angels-astr...k-hit-by-pitch

[wcd35]

It's official. The beef is on.

https://www.mlb.com/news/angels-astr...k-hit-by-pitch

Houston dugout needed to Please. Marisnick wasn't even chirping

Also, pretty sure it's not smart to mess with old man Pujols

[TheRealZeebart]

Houston dugout needed to Please. Marisnick wasn't even chirping

Also, pretty sure it's not smart to mess with old man Pujols

I like the Astros as much as the next guy, but that was a nasty, deliberate hit on Lucroy.

[RaisingCajun08]

This has been a part of the game since the game was 1st played. This is the beauty of baseball. Marisnick should be lucky he only got a 2 game suspension. Doesnt matter if it was unintentional or not. (just for the record, I dont think it was & I'm not an Astros fan) No doubt it was the Astros bench that instigated this.

[TuffGuy84]

The problem wasn't the HBP, it was that the pitcher was going at his head. I agreed with Marisnicks suspension, but that pitcher was a grade A piece of ____ for aiming that high. If it "wasn't intentional" to go that, high, then he has no business throwing at another player because he could end a mans life with a FB to the head.

[CajunT]

This has been a part of the game since the game was 1st played. This is the beauty of baseball. Marisnick should be lucky he only got a 2 game suspension. Doesnt matter if it was unintentional or not. (just for the record, I dont think it was & I'm not an Astros fan) No doubt it was the Astros bench that instigated this.

This use to not be a fine or penalty, just part of the game. He clearly was inside the line on the slide, so he was out. There have been many MLB catchers over the years that have been on the receiving end of slides just like that one, or worse. That is why they changed the rule.

[GeauxLouisiana]

It's official. The beef is on.

https://www.mlb.com/news/angels-astr...k-hit-by-pitch

This should end the beef. Each team got their shot in. Play ball now.

[TuffGuy84]

This should end the beef. Each team got their shot in. Play ball now.

It should, but the players took offense to where the ball was placed. If there's retaliation from the astros, it won't be because Marisnick wanted it, his reaction said he wants this over with.

[cajun4life]

I don’t think Marisnick intentionally tried to hurt Lucroy. I think it was a clean play with a terrible result. I also agree with the suspension. They are trying to take that play out of the game and it won’t be tolerated.

Marisnick took the high road, but that pitch was 100% for his ear hole and is uncalled for. That’s what the bench was chirping about. Had he been hit in the hip then there wouldn’t have been anything to complain about. Every single MLB fan knew he was going to get pegged. It’s all about the placement.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Maybe, probably the injury was unintentional. No way that the hit was part of his normal race to home. He was hoping to dislodge the catcher and the ball with a dangerous move. If you kill someone going 80 in a 20 you’ll get 2nd degree murder, not manslaughter.

[cajun4life]

Maybe, probably the injury was unintentional. No way that the hit was part of his normal race to home. He was hoping to dislodge the catcher and the ball with a dangerous move. If you kill someone going 80 in a 20 you’ll get 2nd degree murder, not manslaughter.

Had he tricked Yadi Molina then no one here would be saying anything. The fact that Lucroy is one of us and in general an ambassador for the game it gets skewed. It was an ugly play, Marisnick didn’t leave third set out to truck Lucroy. It wasn’t dirty, but it doesn’t fit into the optics of today’s game. Much like targeting in football. The hit can be clean but it’s too hard so it’s illegal.

[CajunAmos]

Had he tricked Yadi Molina then no one here would be saying anything. The fact that Lucroy is one of us and in general an ambassador for the game it gets skewed. It was an ugly play, Marisnick didn’t leave third set out to truck Lucroy. It wasn’t dirty, but it doesn’t fit into the optics of today’s game. Much like targeting in football. The hit can be clean but it’s too hard so it’s illegal.

Actually, I thought it should have been a longer suspension. My thought was exactly like Lucroy's, which was I left you the entire base line for a path to home and you ran inside the base line virtually the whole way and went even more inside when Lucroy shifted more towards first base. He had an open path to home and ignored it. Do I think he did it with the intention to plow Lucroy, no, but his decisions the entire path from 3rd were bad ending in a bad result.