Two ejected after Mikolas plunks Happ in retaliation for hitting Contreras | MLB on ESPN 

stadium guns are higher than radar guns. I seriously doubt it was 94 myself.

I know . I heard a 90 4SFB takes 0.3 seconds to reach home plate , but from up high it looks like it takes 3 seconds to reach home plate

@@jackson5116 it was 94.1

That’s smart

Or just didn’t wanna get rocked by a red hot cubs team 😂

He was also getting shelled

​​@@squidbate3404first inning with 2 outs? How was he getting shelled?

@@thenofilterchannel8247his start b4 this was against cubs and he got shelled and probs would have this game

The video missed two key parts of this whole thing. I don’t see how anyone thinks that Happ did this intentionally to the catcher.

@@NaterBater you might be able to blame Happ for poor bat control, but I didn’t see intent.

@@mikecumbo7531 yea I can agree with that, it just sucks that it got him right on the head and sliced him open.

@@NaterBater Nooby thinks he did that intnetional. But throwing at Happ was intentional because the Cardinals are notorious and have a long history of pulling "keepers of the game" BS like that.They have been doing it since Tony LaRussa became their manager and every manager after it has done the same. So the hug doesn't matter. Cards pitcher still threw at him intentionally because that is the BS they constantly pull..

@@chriskay1449 there’s people in this comment section who believe he did it on purpose, only reason I said that. The other key thing that was missed in this edited video is the fact that the 2-1 pitch was thrown right at Happ’s head. He threw at him two pitches in a row, so I think this also played into the ejection.

pretty sure they don't, and most are thrown out with very few exceptions since it's hard to prove intent every time

Not saying it was right, but back in the 60’s and 70’s if you miffed a pitcher, you better look out. Three consecutive HRs, the next batter better get ready to duck! Hit a player, next inning one on the other side might get hit. Of course this situation with Happ hitting Contreras was an accident. They hugged afterward.

It is part of the game. Kind of a tradition at this point.

People like you need to stick to soccer. Soft as fukkkk

It's super petty and childish, especially when it's completely unintentional. Chuck em. No place for that in professional sports.

Normally, they would have issued warnings. HBP in that instance is incredibly common. What the umps should have done is issued warnings when he got buzzed inside. Happ pretty much knew it was coming though, as did everybody else.

@@bkleimann The problem is the pitcher intentionally threw the ball at the batter for no reason. Before you say it was retaliation for hitting Contreras, it was obvious that Contreras was getting too near to the batter to frame the pitch, and ended up getting hit by the bat. So that's Contreras's fault. So basically, the pitcher had no reason at all to throw a ball at the batter. Good call in booting him.

@cw9282 I wasn't saying it wasn't intentional. It clearly was, but it also wasn't a pitch that was aimed at hurting the batter either. It was a clear old school move. If he had thrown a heater, may have been a different story.

Happ didn't seem to mind it at all being hit

@@jackson5116 Because he's a good sport, unlike the pitcher who's a bonehead. But as an umpire, you don't let boneheads get away with boneheaded plays or they'll do it again in the future.

Bull, I would have thrown at his head

@@davidmoss2576In which case, he would have been in no danger.

Well as a pitcher you gotta get your catchers back. Intentional or not.

​@@AsianVideoGamer*have your catcher's back, intentional or not.

Yes Miles should have been ejected. Happ was definitely accidental. Hoping Contreras has a speedy recovery

Yeah that cracked me up too. I'm not sure how they expected that to not result in an ejection. You don't intentionally throw at a guy like that 2 times in a row and get just a warning. My favorite was when they said it was going to cause the game to get out of control. Simply giving a warning would have most likely caused it to get out of control.

They overreact all the time

In old school baseball this was nothing besides take your base and get a warning if it wasn’t a safe pitch. That’s what they grew up with n expect

There's things called unwritten rules if you look them up u r expected to stick up for your teammates Also the manager marmol has been ejected 3 times this season v the cubs because of bad umpiring

You new age sports fans are soft and corny asf.

@@ryanpeterson8319 This isn’t “old school baseball”. The current MLB rules say that if the umpires think you hit a batter intentionally, you may be ejected from the game. Manager too.

Take a hit after you deck the catcher.. that’s just expected in baseball. People are a bunch of pusses these days.

I couldn't believe the announcers defended the Pitcher! Worst intentional plunk I've seen!

Bob Gibson famously, at least in my family, hit his former roommate when they met again. told him as he walked to first that they weren't roommates anymore. that's the story my dad tells me

Once. The one that hit him wasn't "high and inside."

@@ATalkingBadgerthe pitch he threw previously was. they just didn’t show it because they’re biased. just like they didn’t show Contreras hugging Happ

Yep and got their pitcher and manager ejected in the first inning. It’s like they all took a shot to the head before coming to that decision lol

Lol which was really dumb.

Let me be clear folks I don't like the Cardinals but a hitter should never hit a catcher with a backswing intentional no but I don't care they can't happen quit trying to Jack the baseball to Mars & control the bat. I had no problem with the Cardinals plunking him ejection worthy for me no absolutely not but a warning & we go on yes. Lance Barksdale the crew chief needs to be fined & suspended for that ejection taking place you warn them Happ knew it was coming never said a word only way I eject Mikolas is if he hits Happ in the head or shoulders. The hip no just a warning.

@@patrickgray5633 he tried to hit him in the head on the previous pitch lol

@@patrickgray5633they could have been soft and warned both teams, but the umpires drew a line and said, no more, with that ejection. They were within the rules to eject the pitcher, and when the manager argued, he was rung up.

He was the better man recognize he did wrong

@@urielrdz30he did wrong by accidentally hitting him on a backswing? Are you that stupid?

No one in the comments apparently understands that lol but it appear the umpires don’t understand the game either

He knew he was going to

@@bendover2425cry about it

And he still got the loss lol

It's ESPN, should we really be surprised by the moronic announcing?

AT LEAST he didn't head hunt. That's about my only take from this. lol

@@toptenguy1I’ve heard online that he tried, there was supposedly another clip of him trying to pitch it past Haps head, but he missed

It’s just baseball tradition and mentality. Umpires needs to learn about it

​@@careydowis8664 I've never heard something so right

Yes

@@careydowis8664 It's "tradition" when its something intentional. There is no rule, or tradition, that says you deliberately throw at a guy when he hits his friend by accident. And the pitcher couldn't even get the job done on the first attempt to make it look like an accidental HBP. He definitely deserved to be tossed.

​@@careydowis8664you really think they don't? Those are veteran umps. They know the game.

Bro they didn't show the part where they hugged it out!!! That totally changes the story

Because you’re mad?

@@frozenrats lol! Ooookay

The message is “control your swing” obviously it wasn’t intentional on Happ’s part, but actions have consequences.

​@@dbliss741They sure do. In this case the message was "You accidentally hit our catcher, we'll get our coach and starting pitcher tossed in the first inning and you'll get a free base. That'll teach you!"

In layman's terms "Bumpus of the nogginus"..... :)

That’s what he is known for…

Hicks is out here catching stray bullets 😂😂😂

Far from it

I saw a similar situation during the WBC qualifiers where the catcher had it worse because the bat caused a screw from the catchers mask to go into the back of his head! He left the game but was back the next day so I believe contreras will be ok

He didn't. The only thing he's guilty of is losing control of his backswing.

Bro the that was intentional on Contreras....im sure he was talking trash....there is no professional MLB player that cant handle a baseball bat.

@@TheReal-trublu357have you ever seen when they lose control of the bat and it goes flying into the dugout or the crowd? That makes zero sense. There’s no reason to hit the catcher in the head with the backswing, that’s a silly conclusion.

​@@TheReal-trublu357go watch it at .25x playbackback speed bro he didnt do it on purpose big dawg

Ive watched it 10 times and everytime even his mechanics after came around was all natural frfr watch it close

@@TheReal-trublu357 you've clearly never watched baseball before bats go flying all the time 💀

Really? Lol 😂

You ever heard the saying no blood no foul… that’s baseball pitchers have done that always..

Of course it was, it’s a message sent saying don’t hit our catcher. Unwritten rules of the game

Contreras sucks anyway

@@ceejuschrist ur absolutely right

@@ceejuschristthe hit was an accident so that makes no sense..He deserved to get thrown out

It was an accident. These idiotic people think that Ian Happ, the man who IS FRIENDS with Contreras, purposely did this? Man, how much meth do you guys smoke down there in St. Louis? You want on purpose, how about Chase Utley who deliberately slid into Ruben Tejada in Game 2 of the 2015 NLDS when he tried to break up a double play. That was in purpose, with malicious intent. Now, th3 next game, Noah "Thor" Syndegard plunked Utley in the first inning, and he got ejected. He knew, and the Umps knew that it was payback, and that's why they ejected him. Don't get me wrong, umps have made some bad ejection calls, but this one was correct. You just open up your entire team to get hit and possibly injured. Happ and Contreras hugged it out. It should have ended it there. But Mikalas made a stupid and selfish decision, and he cost his team.😊

Then shut up and not worry about they've been annoucers forever and are passionate I was p.o when it happened but im a cards fan forever

@@MrTwistedisgoated there’s a difference between being passionate & overreacting

@@MrTwistedisgoated I get it's the home town call, but this was Hawk Harrelson-level homerism.

They sound like they’ve been WWE announcers forever.

How so? The Cardinals have good offense yet terrible pitching. The Cubs, right now are back at .500 and have the lead the league in some stats. Also, last year, the Cubs also had the best record after the All Star break. Plus, the Cubs are thr only team in the NL Central with a positive run differential.

Just sums up the Cardinals season

Last time I checked, 94 is more than 40

Poor form, yes. Intentional, no. But intentionally throw at batter and whine about ejection is dumb.

How does that work for a suspended starting pitcher? Is it just the teams next 10 games or his next 10 starts?

Really? Lol baseball is dead

At least Happ doesn't hit the catcher with his backswing once a game like Ozuna. I'm surprised nobody is throwing at him yet. He did it twice in the same at bat this year

Mikolas should sit for 10.

He threw 94, I’m holding out hope Mikolas gets six. One is fine for Marmol

Mikolases first ejection no suspension

@@MrTwistedisgoated"First murder; no jail"

​@@teebob21I'm a biased cards fan what can I say

Steve Lyons??