Fine. End of conversation. I don’t have to say you are right or wrong on what you saw. I watch baseball is great. But until you are within the game long enough and deep enough to understand from the players standpoint what really happens, having the lying announcers tell you what you are supposed to think is a tarnished part of the game. If the quotes I gave you from the pitcher, the hitter in question, and two other players on the topic that had successful careers to include one, Baylor, that went into managing, that voiced an opinion you disagree with, then we have nothing further to talk about. Enjoy the games.
Oh, better check your records. To show you there’s no hard feelings I will give you some info: Don Baylor is not the “modern” player with the most HBP’s. Craig Biggio from the Astros is. He was hit 18 times more than Baylor in his career.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/HBP_career.shtml
So long,
rwood
fwiw, I said Baylor WAS the player with the most HBP.
Holy. Not the way I’d’ve ever wanted to end this conversation, but since we apparently both admired the guy, I thought I’d tell you this despite your kiss off:
Don Baylor just died. At 68. Of Myeloma. :-(