Or is it liberal pansy-ass crap that some are whining about something that has been a part of the game since its beginning?
There is big difference between trying to hurt another player and giving them "love tap" in a place where no injury was going occur.
But you have to admit, it was pretty stupid on Hamel’s part to admit it?
If a player is show-boating, yes. If a player is crowding the plate, yes. But not just because someone is a rookie. I don’t seem to recall Kemp getting plunked by some chicken*** pitcher, just because he was a rookie.
There was always a code to these things. Hamel doesn’t even know that. Why do you think virtually every old-time player has come out and said this wasn’t old school baseball, but was classless and stupid?