16 games 2 plunks
HBPs of note: September 1, 2009
They played 16 Major League Baseball games yesterday, and only two batters got hit by pitches. This is a nearly unprecedented level of pacifism in MLB, and it can't be a good sign - like cats and dogs living together, as Dr. Venkman might say. The last time only two batters got hit by pitches on a day with 16 baseball games was August 8, 1982. On June 17th this year there was a slightly worse day for plunking, when only 1 batter got hit in 15 games played that day. But it can't be good for baseball when all those pitches are being thrown without any pitcher caring enough to brush a guy off the plate, or without a batter caring enough to take one of those pitches for the team.
Ervin Santana hit Franklin Gutierrez, and Charlie Morton hit Paul Janish. And nobody else got hit by anyone. Gutierrez was the first Venezuelan batter to be plunked in the 5th inning on a Tuesday this season, and the first Venezuelan to do so since Luis Valbuena got hit in the 5th inning on Tuesday September 16, 2008. Gutierrez and Valbuena swapped teams last offseason as part of the 3-team JJ Putz trade.
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posted by pbr @ 9/02/2009 06:19:00 AM
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