YYYYYYaaaaaaawwwwwwwnnnnnnn!
Hamels hit the kid on the waist. NO WHERE NEAR HIS HEAD.
Harper had no complaints about what happened. Hamels DID BAT later in the game and was HIT BY A PITCH!. He never complained. The big deal is he told the truth where every other pitcher gives the “pitch got away from me” lie.
What a non-story!
So deliberately hitting a player for no reason is A-OK as long as he doesn’t get hit in the head? You can injure guys by hitting them.
BTW, after the benches were warned, considering teh Nats weren’t hitting Hamels, I would have loved to have seen one or two of them really crowd the plate and dare him to throw inside.