After Ronald Acuña Jr. gets hit on the first pitch of Pablo López's start, López, Don Mattingly and Mel Stottlemyre Jr. all get ejected. Subscribe for more videos!
@@barrydavis331 After getting hit by Marlin pitchers for the 6th time in a year (2 years?) I'm having a really hard time believing it wasn't intentional. Or at the very best very careless. Especially since they hit him again the later for a 7th time in the year.
You can see on the release he was looking directly at Acuna. Then tried to act frustrated with himself. If I saw that as the batter I'd be in the opposing club house mid inning.
I’m a braves fan but the rebuttal in Pablo Lopez’s next start against the Braves is insane. 10 k’s to start the game and breaks the record for that statistic.
Where do you hey your info from? He’s only been hit 6 times but the way he cries every time you would swear they’re targeting him. Brian Anderson been hit by the braves 6 times and no one mentions it. Maybe because they aren’t crying so much.
Whether he did it on purpose or not is irrelevant imo. The Marlins pitchers have hit Acuña on the first pitch several times. At some point you have to hold people accountable. Especially if it seems that one group of people is targeting another specific person. It may not be "fair" but being hit on numerous occasions by people who are being paid several millions of dollars to be exceptional at their jobs isn't really fair either. Wrong place wrong time for López.
You could make an argument that Urena intentionally hit him I guess, but most of those were in 2018, Pablo had nothing to do with that. Not to mention pitchers are told to pitch inside against Acuna bc it’s his weak spot, not to mention that’s part of pablos game. This was his first time ever hitting Acuna, so they should punish him for something that mostly happened in 2018? Not to mention Braves and Marlins have had no issues with this in the first 7 meetings this season
@@lukejohnson9975 He hit him with the first pitch. The guy calling the game was literally talking about the bad blood as the ball hit Acuña. I don't think it was on purpose. By all accounts López is a good person. I just don't think it really matters. Sure, throw it inside if that's the scouting report. These guys make millions though. Let's not let the very first pitch slip and hit a guy that we've been known to hit. Sometimes things aren't fair. I think they made the right call though.
@@FoxHuntJuJu Notice how the guy calling the game also says Pablo likes to pitch inside. Pablo shouldn’t have to change his game being scared of repeating past occurrences that he has no part of. These same commentators (Braves commentators) also disagreed with tossing Lopez. Because it was a bad call. Pitches are gonna get away from them, it happens. Brian Anderson of the Marlins has been hit just as much by the Braves. Should they toss the next Brave to hit him?
@@lukejohnson9975 I never said anyone should change their game. I said if your game is to pitch inside and you're being paid millions to do it then maybe don't hit a guy, who's been previously targeted by your team, with the first pitch. I'm not a Braves fan. I'm not even a big baseball fan. The point is you can't just continually strike people with the ball. If the Marlins feel like their guys are being targeted then maybe they should be arguing for ejections too.
@@FoxHuntJuJu That kinda is what you’re saying tho. Inside pitches are gonna get away from pitchers every now and then and hit the batters, it happens. The reason it’s happened to Acuna so much is bc the inside is his weakness, and he crowds the plate, so HBPs are gonna happen every now and then. You can’t just say “maybe don’t hit a guy” like it’s just that easy, and then argue either intent is irrelevant or he shouldn’t have to change his game when Acunas at the plate.
I wish the announcers would take the time to real the rules. The umpires are REQUIRED to conference before issuing warnings and/or ejections, THAT'S why they got together and discussed it - they're REQUIRED to. Stop being idiots and trying to fire up the Marlins fans, that's not helping any damned thing. And that wasn't "pitching inside", he threw at Acuna. Pitching inside is when it's close. The man got hit in the upper arm - middle of the body. That's not "pitching inside", that's "get off the plate or get hit" and that's bullshit. Marlins put a jerk pitcher on the mound and then get pissy when he gets ejected? Hey, here's a thought: Tell your pitcher to stop throwing at people like they own the freaking plate or something.
@@JonKraw he’s got 22 home runs so far this season, his batting average is a decent .279 and he’s number 4 in stolen bases. He holds his own and he’s been hit by the same team 5 times, twice on the first pitch of the game. I think it’s a pattern.
If the dodgers hit tatis constantly on the first pitch over years and Kershaw did it. He would too . You have to protect the offensive studs in this game. They need it
I respect Glavine but he is wrong here. At the same time; Acuna kind of brings it on himself and I am a Braves fan. Now Acuna has gotten better. But if this is the third AB of the game and the pitcher was sitting on 80 pitches; it may not warrant an ejection. This was a replay of the Urena incident all over again. You do not go that far inside on the first pitch of the game.
LOL. Mattingly thinks if his pitcher throws at Acuna with 1st pitch of the game he won't get ejected. I liked Mattingly as a player but as a manager....he's a joke.
This game blows, just give warnings and it won’t happen. But if it does then fight it out you don’t see much real fighting in the sport besides screaming and shoving each other lol
That makes no sense. The reason a warning would be issued is because it did happen first. Not only did it happen here, but numerous times before it. Each time there was a warning issued. Obviously warnings aren’t doing anything and the pitcher thought he could get away with another one. Just watch the video.
" just give warnings and it won’t happen" That's only really going to work if you give them before the game even starts. If they give warnings after he's hit, what's going to happen is that they're going to end up running Snitker, because he's going to point out (quite correctly) that the Marlins got a "free" HBP that didn't get punished, but if a Braves pitcher hits someone, the pitcher and the manager get run.
No he shouldn’t have. This was the first time Pablo Lopez has ever hit Acuna, and the Marlin who hit Acuna the most was Urena, who isn’t even with the team anymore. The Marlins and Braves had no issues with this in the first 7 meetings, so now all the sudden a pitch gets away from guy who likes to pitch inside hits and you throw him out? Terrible call
If he didn't do it right away thats your go to come on that's just making him look like he knew all about it they shouldn't have done that they've done it 5 times already and he knows what they've been doing they literally said it admitted that they hit him already 5 times
Seriously! What the hell is he even saying? Acuña get hit on the first pitch with the past sample size, it doesn’t matter if JESUS CHRIST is on the mound, he better get tossed.
Maybe if Acuna would be a modest sportsman, he wouldn't get plunked so much. He insists on showing up opponents. Who would have thought that they wouldn't appreciate it?
@@TheGodYouWishYouKnew you can't keep hitting a guy with the baseball because he hurt your feelings. Go into free agency and pay the best pitchers you can or something. It just shows how miserable you are to hit a player for being flashy.
@@TheGodYouWishYouKnew that’s the most sorry and stupidest excuse for constantly and intentionally targeting a player when pitching. You don’t try to injure players because they just so happen to play their best against ur team. How bout try and adjust to make sure he doesn’t have his way against ur team? Tryna injure him is the worst way to go about handling a player who always kick your teams ass. Do better pal
@@lnMySl33p Learn to read. I didn’t write that they were plunking him because of his success. I wrote that they were plunking him because of his behavior. Read better, Pal.
@@TheGodYouWishYouKnew that still a stupid ass excuse lol. And what particular behavior are u talkin about? Celebrating about hitting a home run? Cuz if that’s what u mean then that’s still a dumb reason to plunk someone constantly. Ofc he’s gonna be happy about scoring a home run, is that not common? Again, instead of trying hurt that player, adjust to better your pitching to try and prevent him from scoring hella homers against your team, thus his ‘behavior’ wont happen so the opposing team won’t be infuriated to the point where they need to plunk him with fast ball pitches every time they play him. It’s honestly a simple ass concept
Homer announcers are always so irritating. "Why did you have to get together and talk about it? You can't throw him out then." You're mad the umps took some time and examined the situation before knee-jerk tossing him? Really? Maybe try not hitting the best player in baseball every single time you face him.
MLB changed the rule...the home plate ump can no longer throw out the pitcher...they have to get together as a crew and decide. But still. It was a bullshit call.
A bad call after the first pitch eh? Each pitcher warms up first before the inning starts right? No excuse for the first pitch to plunk the batter. I’d say that for any pitcher on any team, even my own.
Any marlins pitch that hit acuna at this point needs to get ejected. It's always acuna and only acuna. It's not even making a statement anymore, just dangerous.
Okay the Braves Manager Brian over-reacted plain & simple. Just like Ronald said tonight "I think Pablo is a good guy". His own catcher said "Pablo is the nicest guy". Pablo did not hit Ronald Intentionally. The League should give the Braves a Punishment to the Braves & an Apology to Pablo & the Marlins.
As a Marlins fan, the Braves definitely shouldn’t be punished. Snitker was just sticking up for his player. That being said, it was still a terrible call. If anything, the umpires should issue an apology. They clearly just caved in to snitkers complaining here
@@lukejohnson9975 Yea I’m a big braves fan and have my own bias of course, but even the ATL broadcast agreed the ejection was not the right call and I agree. Throwing him out was a lil excessive.
