Or Happ did care, but isn't one to start a fight when the umps are taking care of the issue. John Tumpane, the home plate ump, is probably the best ump in baseball, and the fact that he was able to nip this shit in the bud so quickly and decisively is a testament to that. Oh, and Mikolas is a Charmin soft sociopath, he definitely did that shit on purpose and deserved to be run.
Likely didn’t care, could’ve gone either way. Catcher hugged it out after so if there was no revenge pitch I don’t think anyone would’ve bat an eye. There was a revenge pitch and it’s one of those things 25+ years ago everyone would’ve known it was coming. But nowadays, it’s a little surprising but tbh could have been expected.
Pitcher was a dumbass for “sending a message” that didn’t need to be sent. (and he did a pisspoor job needing two attempts to hit Happ) Happ didn’t backswing on purpose to hit his friend and former teammate.
Obligatory bean balls are what wrong with Baseball. No other sport has an obligatory maim the other guy play. At least in MMA you can tap out before the maiming.
@@Tommy-Tom-Tom you're on the right path, but strayed a bit too far. You can prove intent in court of law with either direct or circumstantial evidence. It's not an easy feat all the time, but it is something that can be proven
Well this was so obviously intentional it’s not even funny literally the first pitch after happ hit Contreras the ball was way in and happ got out of the way and then the very next pitch hit him. They threw at him twice and it was so obvious that they had to throw him out. Umps made the right decision. If he hit him on the first pitch maybe they would have let it go but 2 pitches in a row they need to throw him out
@@JohnJohn-wr1jo as a professional player you should be able to determine what is a bad play from the coach/bench. Who’s ever choice it was, it was a hard R pansy decision to do. In no way did this require any retaliation… dumb stuff
@@grimsolace4433nah bruh that dude deserved to get hit. U can control ur backswing to not possible give a player a concussion. Also getting hit by a pitch although it definitely hurts ain’t nearly as bad as a possible concussion.
For those of you who aren’t aware, the pitcher tried to hit his head the pitch before with an insane fastball, but missed. The reason he threw the one that hit him so slow likely has more to do with him not wanting to embarrass himself by missing again more than anything else. Completely warranted ejection, good job blue.
@@parkerjones3019. They didn’t win a World Series together. Ian Happ made his debut in 2017 (the season after the WS). Also, that obviously wasn’t on purpose.
Pitcher didn't even throw hard, and the bater knew it was coming. That's right!!! The umps should have a better feel the game. The players took care of the situation.
@@billnyethesciencedenier1516 He first threw a fast ball at this head. The video doesn't show that. And these unwritten rules are stupid. They only protect the feelings of the crybaby pitchers. Glad more and more hitters are breaking these "unwritten" rules.
The announcers are clowns for saying throwing him out was bad call when he threw at him twice. Its not "feel for the game" its one guy accidentally hit catcher, the pitcher intentionally hit the batter after the batter and catcher handled the situation man to man.
Accident or not, the batters NEED to control their swing n miss follow thru. Zero excuses- MLB needs to implement an automatic ejection and I guarantee you won’t see these incidents again
@Jbrzy805 may be a warning but not an automatic ejection, especially because it was also brought up some catchers set up closer than they should, so you can't make an auto ejection in every case. It's ridiculous. I guess hitting a player with a pitch should be an automatic ejection regardless of it being an accident. Before you say it, the reason this video comes across like the pitcher was automatic ejection is because this video conveniently leaves out that the pitcher threw a pitch at the batter prior to the hit by pitch and missed so he attempted twice, hit once, which was why ump knew there was no doubt of intent and had every right to eject the pitcher after throwing at a player twice.
Pitcher didn’t appreciate the negligence, just saw his guy get hit in the head with a bat, hits dude in hip to let them know they don’t accept that, could be worse next time. they probably don’t do that again in fear of a fastball coming at their head next time. Yes escalated it, but maybe other team gets the point to not do that again. Ejection is kinda weak since there was no warnings and he hit him in a respectable spot
@@xXxFroztyy “hit him in a respectable spot” there was no reason to hit him in the first place when both players resolved the issue on their own. Guy came in full hot with his ego higher than the stadium. It would be like two people getting into a fist fight, then hugging it out and making up and then some random friend socking the guy in the face. Absolutely pointless. And good on the umpire for making it clear that behavior is not tolerated. Ps you are someone to stay away from.
I bet you're the type that won't help a friend in a fist fight because it's against the rules or something. Don't wanna get in trouble with mommy, it's okay little boy.
Maybe the catchers should stop creeping so close to the goddamn plate to try and frame shitty pitches. Also the batter and catcher resolved it. The pitcher just made himself look like a child.
Catcher is actually in the right spot. Batter's left foot was outside of the batter's box. This was a mistake by the hitter (and ump for not telling the batter to move up). But, all of this looked like an accident and the hitter looked genuinely sorry. But, yes, you do make a solid point that a number of catchers do creep too close. This wasn't one of those cases, though. And, yes, I agree with your point in general- it was an accident and the dude was sorry. No need to 'send a message' at this point.
@@traphousemusic1880How did he deserve it when it was an accident. He wasn't looking back trying to intentionally clock the catcher, but the pitcher did throw two revenge pitches
A little context for the ones who aren't too familiar with this: Happ & Contreras were former teammates. As recent as last season. There was no ill intent, hence the hug. Then what the clip doesn't show, the pitch prior to this one, is Mikolas aiming for his head and missing. And then follows up with this pitch to the butt.
@@GreasyBeastyeven without the prior pitch he should have been ejected with no warning. Clearly immediately retaliating with hitting a batter intentionally is grounds for ejection. Should be an automatic suspension too but the mlb is too weak knee’d for that.
Even the Cardinals were waving their pitcher back to the dugout. That's when the announcers changed their tone. The announcers are the ones that need the feel of baseball. The feel of the game.
idk dude, when you play at that level, small "mistakes" are most of the time, intentional! I mean, he knocked out a guy from the field on an accident? F that, these guys know exactly what they are doing.
@@dianeschmidt6367if your bias is more important than someone trying to intentionally injure someone who accidentally injured another player, I have no respect for you. I'm glad umpires aren't taking as much shit anymore in regards to intentionally hit batters, because pitchers are just being crybabies and using it whenever they think fit.
I mean, sure, but the batter and catcher hugged it out after. Just saying. If the pitcher wanted revenge, he should've acted much sooner. Like right after the batter hit the catcher. Not after they hugged it out lol.
You can hear the announcers mention him doing that. Mikolas tried, but threw the fastball slightly low and Happ dodged it. So Mikolas decided to aim center mass on the next throw to hit Happ.
Well deliberately pitching at someone is always a PoS move... panned out exactly as it should when you Deliberately try to hurt someone. Baseball is a game, not a battle.
Fucking stupid thing to do either way. Costing your team potentially all for the sake of pettiness and getting back. It does absolutely fuck all especially if it all stemmed from an accident.
As a St. Louis fan, Mikolas should be focusing on throwing a damn strike before throwing at a batter that literally just hugged it out with Contreras. Stupid move. He’s been awful this season.
@@keith3915 dude you throw it at someone’s ass to keep it from hurting them. It’s the most meaty area other than maybe our thighs. He threw it on purpose😂😂
@@jeremyweems4916is that a joke? It was accidental contact and they bro-hugged. The catcher could shrugged off Happ, but he didn’t. Doesn’t mean that the pitcher gets a free toss at Happ.
It was the first inning, and no warning was given after the previous pitch was thrown at his head. Then he hits him in the hip with a low velocity fastball and gets ejected. That's where the complaint was made. Umpires need to keep the game in context. Unless a starting pitcher kills a guy, you don't toss him in the first inning.
The fact that the catchers have been putting themselves closer on purpose still is also a reason but I’m glad the two figured it out peacefully then the pitcher got mad
I am old school in most cases, but what happened at the plate was a complete accident. There was no malice involved, and they even embraced as the guy was going to the dugout. There was no reason to bean him. The pitcher deserved to get thrown out for that stupidity.
If its an “accident” thats a result of being lazy on controlling his backswing. The catcher was being a professional, the pitcher sent the message that batters can control their bat or get plunked. How was there no reason if it discourages batters from hitting the catcher?
...and the batter knew he had it coming and took it. He didn't beam his head. Same concept as fights in hockey. Players can check each other to make sure they are more mindful in the future.
Announcers: they don’t need to issue warnings, if they feel it’s intentional they can throw them out Also announcers when it’s their team: HAVE A LITTLE FEEL FOR THE GAME
Why not throw Happ out for the dangerous, showboating swing? Zero reason to EVER let the bat fly like that and he could kill the catcher doing that. Since the umpires didn't have the balls to eject Happ to send the message that you can't swing like that, the pitcher did EXACTLY the right thing. In the old days, Bob Gibson would have beaned Happ for an undisciplined dangerous bat to the head of his catcher, unintentional or not.
@@UnderwaterAlexJones I would have no problem with Gibson being run but Happ would think twice about the reckless follow through in the future. Problem solved. Players that don't protect their teammates are cowards and get traded, as they should. If Happ doesn't want to get hit, then have some bat discipline and don't endanger other players with your showboat swing. Finally, I have NOTHING to do with MLB rules or their enforcement. I am just offering an opinion of a fan of the game since the 1960's. Don't wet your diaper over my opinion. Opinions are just like butt holes, everyone has one and most of them stink.
@worlddevourer7740 you’re wrong and there is no such thing as a showboat swing. Happ has been using that follow through swing his entire career. The cardinals announcers are boneheads and so is anyone who thinks that Happ should’ve gotten ejected for something that was accidental.
@@nofurtherwest3474probably an accident this time, but there are a few guys who do it completely on purpose. It hasnt been a real issue until more recently
Catcher sets up too close, gets hit in the head. Pitcher needs two shots to hit a guy. Gets ejected for throwing a baseball at a batter, announcers freak out for some reason.
@@JonEslickthere also has been a trend recently where the catchers have been getting their hands hurt from (and get this) BEING TO CLOSE to the batter's batting zone
@JonEslick the catchers moved up to gather more strikes due to the glove being directly in the swing path. That's why umps are calling more bad balls/strikes. The catcher is in fact too close especially as the batter looks to be set at the backside of the batters box.
@@user-sn1se8kh7zany intentional hit should be an automatic ejection. This was the most obvious intentional hit ever. There isn’t always time to react and escape a pitch and getting hit by a pitch can end a career.
Number one rule in batting is to keep both hands on the bat. You lose power in the swing. I learned that in little league. The bat isnt a weapon? And the catcher got hit in the head vs a ball to the butt. All the pitchers call the pitches, so it wasnt even him making that call. The batter has control of what happens in the swing. Plus this swing to the catchers has been goin on more often this season than ever.
Revenge for what? Catcher standing really close, batter didnt hit him in the back of the head on purpose obviously… announcers crying like babies about it 😂
He hit him with the bat and apologized and they hugged and walked away. Should’ve been over with. So I 100% agree with the umps to straight up eject him without a warning. Pitcher taking things too far.
Like this is one of the few times I’ve seen players make up and apologize on the field. And then the pitcher does this. I’m not blaming everything on the pitcher cause the really awful thing is that the pitcher is expected to do that and would be scorned for not doing that. Product of the shitty part of baseball culture. Props to happ and Contreras
Yeah but this is happening too much. Batters need to knock it off. I agree with the ejection but only because you already threw at him once. Throwing at him twice earns an ejection.
He hit him in the butt. Grow up. It is part of baseball. The game has been slowly dissolved into a completely different game in recent years. It's sad.
Even happ knew it sounded like he already rode one in so he had to know but he took it and walked. No words. That’s baseball. I also hate mid game bat flips anyone wanna argue ?
No, it's because catchers are basically sitting on top of the plate now so they can frame the pitch and get more strikes, getting hit in the arm and head is the result
I literally can't watch any other team because most other announcers just don't have the excitement that cardinal announcers have. Unless it's Jim Edmons
Well, seeing as the two are friends and were teammates until the end of last season (and the fact it was an accident), the show of sportsmanship wasn't at all unexpected...still pure class nonetheless.
If you can't control your bat, you should be ejected like a high stick in😊 hockey. He hit him in the hip, and it didn't injure the player. Now the Cardinals are put two players, not the right call.
@@kevingeier3385 players run into each other all the time on the basepaths. you want to start ejecting every player that unintentionally comes into contact with an opponent? and you forget the whole point of pitchers purposely beaning batters. this was absolutely the wrong time to do it.
@@michaelweston2285 If the coaches and umpires refuse to keep batters in the box, so the swing of the bat (just as controllable as a pitch, by the way!) does not hit the catcher, then they have no business ejecting the pitcher. We all know that this problem of catchers getting hit by the bat has been going on way too much this season! It's time for the umps to do their job.
Happ and Wilson were teammates* together. They hugged. No one felt worse about it than Happ. Why the manager made him throw at Happ is beyond me. Ejection is 100% warranted. edit: happ wasn't on world series team. oops. whatever though, my comment still stands. hows that haterade taste? mmmm
Here is an idea. Next year? New rule. Your bat makes contact with the catcher. Not the umps call. Ejected. Enough with these guys. Catcher and ump should not have to back up to different positions based on each BATTERS preferred BACKSWING. If the Catcher is in this box, this one was, There is NO reason you need a "Wide backswing because htat is youe signature". This one may have been an accident. But, I want to say a guy on the Dodgers? Hits a catcher a week min with this exaggerated swing.
@Iansco1 I think we should probably consider that baseball players are getting bigger- not just steroids & workout routines. They're taller on average than in the past. Pitchers throw faster and hitters hit harder. Hitting a 95-100+ mph balls takes a quick swing that can carry a lot of momentum. We could try recognizing that batting styles are changing and find another solution, like moving the batter's/catcher's boxes? Don't know about automatic ejections, but I'd definitely agree with fines, or better yet, suspensions, for repeat violations. Accidentally overswinging on occasion is an accident. When it happens over & over, at best, that person doesn't even care to try and prevent it.
@@Iansco1Contreras has a history of getting too close to batters. Even when he was on the Cubs, he was hit by backswings and his glove would interfere with some swings. This has more to do with Willson’s positioning than Ian’s. That’s why neither of them took offense to it. Mikolas was just being soft
@@lpdb1995 you realize one of man's first weapons was a club right? Idc how unlikely it is the batter smacked the catcher with a bat. I mean people still use baseball bats as weapons to this day
Good...they should have thrown him out and fined him 💯 any pitcher that purposely hits a batter with a pitch should be suspended and fined 😒 how unprofessional.
I love how ruleless baseball is played because everyone is always wanting the fight. Perfectly fine to eject him but the announcer thinks it's perfectly fine to hit him on purpose.
Nothing wrong with anything anyone did, except maybe the batter at first for not controlling the bat, but that was an honest accident. That happens, you know the pitch is coming. But you pitch deliberately at a batter, the umps are gonna eject you. That's everyone playing their roles.
He kept it in the mid section didn't put any heat on it sent the message it wasn't meant to hurt anyone as someone was already hurt from the previous play. PLAY BALL!
@@dahoodlum1253 They edited this clip. Before he hit him with that pitch he threw one before it that was a high fastball at like chin height that could have done some pretty serious damage if the batter hadn't moved out of the way. Letting the first one go was his warning but seeing he intentionally did it again he got ejected.
I thought that was a no no. You get one shot. After that... no surprise he got thrown out. I remember a guy was talking about it (he got thrown at) and he said he knew when he stepped up he was getting thrown at and it was okay, but he missed and then the next pitch he hit him and I'm pretty sure that's when the benches cleared. One of them unwritten rules
But by God if they throw at one of our guys we should financially ruin that pitcher and the next 10 generations of his family… baseball unwritten rules are stupid
How was anyone paying attention to anything else that is flipping majestic. 😂 Oopsie poopsie wrong comment responded to.... Good job weed and fat thumbs 😂
Oh yeah get revenge for an accident. He should be suspended. That has no place in modern baseball. I believe if you intentionally throw at somebody’s head, you should be brought up on assault charges.
I always forget how mid most other team's broadcasters are. Or they just have no chemistry with each other. I've been spoiled with a lot of Giants and Dodgers over the years. Kruk, Kuip, Scully. Legends.
@@CryEaglesCrythat shouldn’t be how baseball works, tired of the dumb unspoken rule of hitting batters. Serves no purpose other than to show young kids how to be stupid
Honestly that was like a change up at his ass it was probably the manager's call. Didn't really look like Mikolas wanted to do it, not that that's an excuse.
If he wanted to hurt him fr he would have gone ribs, shoulder, arm, not the fleshiest part of the body. Ofc head/neck area is available too I guess 😂 plus it doesn’t look like it was thrown hard at all
@@aberamagold7509 No, it's especially for the pitcher. He could have hit that batter way harder than he did, and many pitchers would have. It was good sportsmanship all around. The batter didn't mean to hit the catcher, but he did, and the team lost their catcher, so the batter expected retaliation. He got it, but it was not nearly as bad as it could have been. The batter took it on the chin, so to speak, and took his base.
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Most accurate pitch Miles Mikolas has thrown all season
As a cardinal fan, I can confirm this is true.
He threw a complete game shutout with like 12k’s about a month ago, you two are dumb asf🤡🤡
So true
Very true
still took 2 tries to hit him😭
Even the batter didn't care. He was like "okay, you got your revenge".
Or Happ did care, but isn't one to start a fight when the umps are taking care of the issue. John Tumpane, the home plate ump, is probably the best ump in baseball, and the fact that he was able to nip this shit in the bud so quickly and decisively is a testament to that. Oh, and Mikolas is a Charmin soft sociopath, he definitely did that shit on purpose and deserved to be run.
Smart move to turn quick, that throw was intended for a nutzshot
@@mondochildyour taught at a young age to turn your back if you can't move out the way
They hugged it out
Likely didn’t care, could’ve gone either way. Catcher hugged it out after so if there was no revenge pitch I don’t think anyone would’ve bat an eye. There was a revenge pitch and it’s one of those things 25+ years ago everyone would’ve known it was coming. But nowadays, it’s a little surprising but tbh could have been expected.
The batter and catcher handled it better than everyone else, including the announcers.
Agreed, the hug was especially great showing they both understood it was an accident. From that point forward everyone failed.
The announcers weren’t wrong.
@@YS-pb5ncthey were wrong. This has always been stupid. Its time for it to end.
@@ross-carlsonthey were teammates
Sounds like you’re a Cubs fan lol
That was the most intentional pitch I’ve ever seen💀
The catcher was being a true sportsman
Contreras was the Cubs' catcher for years. Happ and Contreras definitely still have a lot of respect for each other.
Teammates for 7 years, pitcher is a complete idiot.
Proper reaction as to when you fucked up. There's a batters box, not a catchers box.
They are buddies. Totally unintentional
@@ConstitutionalConservative1776 what????
The sportsmanship from the catcher 👌🏻👏🏻
The loyalty from the pitcher 🎉
They’ve been teammates for years on the cubs. So they have love for each other. Surprised the pitcher didn’t know that and went after Happ.
@anthonydegrazia7988 That's cool thanks for the info!
Pitcher was a dumbass for “sending a message” that didn’t need to be sent. (and he did a pisspoor job needing two attempts to hit Happ) Happ didn’t backswing on purpose to hit his friend and former teammate.
@ortree I don't know the whole pitcher deal, but yeah, those two seemed cool.
happ looked like he knew it was coming😭
Happ knew Mikolas and the Cards would regret it.
Mikolas tried to hit him the pitch before, but missed
@@msgtblbjyeah my dad was at the game
@@maxhahn6375 no one asked
@@UnderwaterAlexJonesCckscker....no wanted u to comment either....but ya did.... Trollin Trollin Trollin....😮
I’ve never seen a nicer, softer, well placed bean ball. It was completely obligatory.
"I didn't want to do it, but my team was very insistent."
His first pitch was at his head and he barely missed. Pitcher had it coming.
Fué muyyyyy barato el pelotazo
Obligatory bean balls are what wrong with Baseball. No other sport has an obligatory maim the other guy play. At least in MMA you can tap out before the maiming.
@@RageDaugyou mean like hockey? They don’t eject you. You get a timeout. Like preschool.
Court of law : You can't prove intent
Court of baseball : Like hell you can't
Literally no court says you can't prove intent. In fact intent is an element of the majority of crimes.
Only thing missing from this comment was the law & order song
@@Tommy-Tom-Tom you're on the right path, but strayed a bit too far. You can prove intent in court of law with either direct or circumstantial evidence. It's not an easy feat all the time, but it is something that can be proven
@@CubeInspector Yes, but your innocent until PROVEN guilty. The Prosecution has to PROVE the intent.
Well this was so obviously intentional it’s not even funny literally the first pitch after happ hit Contreras the ball was way in and happ got out of the way and then the very next pitch hit him. They threw at him twice and it was so obvious that they had to throw him out. Umps made the right decision. If he hit him on the first pitch maybe they would have let it go but 2 pitches in a row they need to throw him out
He stuck his booty out for like I know it's coming 😂😂😂
i noticed that to lol. he was like ooh daddy please.
PAUSE!!!!!!!!!
He saw it coming at him. Of course he knew and knew it was intentional.
He did🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I would’ve done the same
I always thought you had to try to move ? No ?
Mikolas watched them hug it out. He hit the ejection button his damn self.
If you listen, the announcer says he buzzed the tower once and caught him flush the second. Two revenge pitches were thrown
Exactly
If u know anything about the game you'd know it came from the bench. At the MLB level it's never the pitchers call on hitting a player.
@@JohnJohn-wr1jo as a professional player you should be able to determine what is a bad play from the coach/bench. Who’s ever choice it was, it was a hard R pansy decision to do. In no way did this require any retaliation… dumb stuff
@@grimsolace4433nah bruh that dude deserved to get hit. U can control ur backswing to not possible give a player a concussion. Also getting hit by a pitch although it definitely hurts ain’t nearly as bad as a possible concussion.
For those of you who aren’t aware, the pitcher tried to hit his head the pitch before with an insane fastball, but missed.
The reason he threw the one that hit him so slow likely has more to do with him not wanting to embarrass himself by missing again more than anything else.
Completely warranted ejection, good job blue.
Thanks for the background info. A lot of people here are talking out their azzz.
Have you never played ball?
@@dollyllama69420 Lmao, good one
Yes I agree with you….. but I think they should of made him pay a fine i top of that ….. let’s go Cubs…. 3rd generation of Cubs loyalists
Sounds like it was an extra bitch move then. If you mess up your first revenge attempt, you just gotta move on.
happ and Wilson literally hugged. There was no bad blood until that happened
They won a world series together. Why would you even do that.
The pitcher didn’t throw a fast ball. It was just a revenge shot to not show weakness for future opponents.
@@parkerjones3019. They didn’t win a World Series together. Ian Happ made his debut in 2017 (the season after the WS). Also, that obviously wasn’t on purpose.
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Pitcher didn't even throw hard, and the bater knew it was coming. That's right!!! The umps should have a better feel the game. The players took care of the situation.
That hug was everything. It was forgiveness and understanding. Something a lot of people lack today
They are former team mates
Amen.
It's called cya...cover your arse!
That hug? I think you meant pitch to the buttox, sir.
That hug was the reason that pitch had zero heat on it. That was a love tap reminder to keep a better hold on the bat.
This clip is missing the part where Mikolas threw at his head and he missed and then threw thext pitch to his hip. That is why he was thrown out.
Ok. The clip showed the part where a batter hit a catcher in the head with a bat. Did you see that?
@@billnyethesciencedenier1516clearly an accident bud
@@billnyethesciencedenier1516 unintentional and did you see the part where they huged it out? Are you about intentionally injurying payers?
@@billnyethesciencedenier1516 He first threw a fast ball at this head. The video doesn't show that. And these unwritten rules are stupid. They only protect the feelings of the crybaby pitchers. Glad more and more hitters are breaking these "unwritten" rules.
@@billnyethesciencedenier1516it was a 94 mph fastball. Stop lying.
The announcers are clowns for saying throwing him out was bad call when he threw at him twice. Its not "feel for the game" its one guy accidentally hit catcher, the pitcher intentionally hit the batter after the batter and catcher handled the situation man to man.
Accident or not, the batters NEED to control their swing n miss follow thru. Zero excuses- MLB needs to implement an automatic ejection and I guarantee you won’t see these incidents again
@Jbrzy805 may be a warning but not an automatic ejection, especially because
it was also brought up some catchers set up closer than they should, so you can't make an auto ejection in every case. It's ridiculous. I guess hitting a player with a pitch should be an automatic ejection regardless of it being an accident. Before you say it, the reason this video comes across like the pitcher was automatic ejection is because this video conveniently leaves out that the pitcher threw a pitch at the batter prior to the hit by pitch and missed so he attempted twice, hit once, which was why ump knew there was no doubt of intent and had every right to eject the pitcher after throwing at a player twice.
Found the Cards fan lmao
@claytonlatone8959 phillies fan, actually....though If I was a cards fan, wouldn't I have the exact opposite opinion if I was biased?
@@Jbrzy805 I agree, you still have to be careful with your back swing even if the ump and catcher are wearing protection.
Damn that stache is immaculate
1970’s porn grade
That's a classic 80's porn stash
and you are insecure
@@barrontrump3943 says the insecure bozo that commented for no reason
@@barrontrump3943 why are you bitter about a comment pointing out a fine stache? 😂
That hug was heart felt sorry. And that man has buns of steel
Yup they were teammates so I think all was good it was just an accident
Dude got the cake
Super man
omfg for real? ur lifes are so poor guys.. im so sad for you.
So built like a catcher. Makes sense!
Honestly I’m surprised the bat to catchers head doesn’t happen more often…. Glad the catcher is ok.
Not many swing like that anymore.
@@garydergut4741Yeah. Most pros underatand that baseball and golf are different sports.
There is no reason to backswing that wide.
Yeah those announcers were just being biased. If it was a Cub pitcher beaning a Cardinal on purpose they'd be all for the ejection.
Chip Caray is...not good.
Bro escalated an already de escalated situation… stay away from those people.
Pitcher didn’t appreciate the negligence, just saw his guy get hit in the head with a bat, hits dude in hip to let them know they don’t accept that, could be worse next time. they probably don’t do that again in fear of a fastball coming at their head next time. Yes escalated it, but maybe other team gets the point to not do that again. Ejection is kinda weak since there was no warnings and he hit him in a respectable spot
@@xXxFroztyy “hit him in a respectable spot” there was no reason to hit him in the first place when both players resolved the issue on their own. Guy came in full hot with his ego higher than the stadium. It would be like two people getting into a fist fight, then hugging it out and making up and then some random friend socking the guy in the face. Absolutely pointless. And good on the umpire for making it clear that behavior is not tolerated. Ps you are someone to stay away from.
I bet you're the type that won't help a friend in a fist fight because it's against the rules or something. Don't wanna get in trouble with mommy, it's okay little boy.
@@xXxFroztyycan’t believe you baseball fans can sit around and act like it’s okay to PURPOSELY hit somebody with a pitch over an accidental contact.
@@jacobkadar4519an accidental contact that could be fatal
More than ok to send a message saying try not taking my guys head off
Mikolas looked like he tagged him with a solid 50 mph. 😂
Right on target to not injure or badly hurt anyone. Classy bean ball.
@@FrogsTinyBladder It was 94 after he missed his head.
@@brianthornber3319misses don't count
That's about as hard as he can throw.
It almost looked like an underhand pitch.
The Cub batter knew it was coming. The pitcher didn’t even put any heat on it. Just felt like both were in agreement that a punishment was coming
Why is there a punishment for an accident?
Punishment for doing nothing wrong
I don't like this 'revenge' bullshit...
Keep ejecting these assholes...
@j.e.robins5839 they hugged it out at the end it was resolved right there but stupid old head rules want to butt in
@chuckd5819 them hugging it out is in indicator of them saying it's ok why add more to it?
Maybe the catchers should stop creeping so close to the goddamn plate to try and frame shitty pitches. Also the batter and catcher resolved it. The pitcher just made himself look like a child.
Catcher is actually in the right spot. Batter's left foot was outside of the batter's box. This was a mistake by the hitter (and ump for not telling the batter to move up). But, all of this looked like an accident and the hitter looked genuinely sorry.
But, yes, you do make a solid point that a number of catchers do creep too close. This wasn't one of those cases, though. And, yes, I agree with your point in general- it was an accident and the dude was sorry. No need to 'send a message' at this point.
Many batters are too far back and outside of the batter's box.
Nah man, that backswing was way too much.
That wasn't the pitcher's call. That came from the bench.
@seethe313 from the view on the video, the hitter is in the box.
He knew it was coming the just accepted it and walked out calmly.
Just top in the checks maybe a week it'll be gone
He deserved it BUT it was a mistake a accident no player tryna hit a catcher on the head with a bat.
Yeah but they didn’t show him trying to buzz a 90 mph fast ball at his head.
@@traphousemusic1880How did he deserve it when it was an accident. He wasn't looking back trying to intentionally clock the catcher, but the pitcher did throw two revenge pitches
@@BESTEHSTUBA read again
The most gentle hit by pitch in history lol
Yea also hit him in the cheeks, well done id say.
Actually saw it in real time and it was 90 mph.
Actually, go look up Jared Weaver 😂😂
Even if the pitch was gentle I wouldn’t want to hit by hit
Nah watch dee Gordon pitching😂
A little context for the ones who aren't too familiar with this:
Happ & Contreras were former teammates. As recent as last season. There was no ill intent, hence the hug.
Then what the clip doesn't show, the pitch prior to this one, is Mikolas aiming for his head and missing. And then follows up with this pitch to the butt.
thanks for the context!
So in other words the pitcher deserved to get booted?
@GreasyBeasty exactly. But ppl who stopped watching baseball in the 90s keep talking about an unwritten rule. But that doesn't apply here lol
@@GreasyBeastyeven without the prior pitch he should have been ejected with no warning. Clearly immediately retaliating with hitting a batter intentionally is grounds for ejection. Should be an automatic suspension too but the mlb is too weak knee’d for that.
You missed the point. You've still got to take a punch.
Even the Cardinals were waving their pitcher back to the dugout. That's when the announcers changed their tone. The announcers are the ones that need the feel of baseball. The feel of the game.
He didn’t even mean to hit him and still apologized, he didn’t deserve to be hit
Announcers clearly said batters haven't made an big enough effort to prevent that. It's more common than other years so he should've got hit
idk dude, when you play at that level, small "mistakes" are most of the time, intentional! I mean, he knocked out a guy from the field on an accident? F that, these guys know exactly what they are doing.
@@JoseRamirez-yh2ll 😂🤣😂 No one gives a shit what the announcers say ! He should have got ejected and did.
Thats the game he pegged him lightly if it were Clemens he would of thrown a 90 mph fastball to his head
Dude he barely threw that ball and the batter knew what it was for
That's what makes the NHL so great. Fight it out, then sit for 5 minutes.
Sit out for a half an at bat?
I went to a hockey fight and a game broke out.
So true, they would have fought to let them know that’s not ok, and then been all good.
Except fighting is becoming extinct in the NHL.
@@MrPhilionaireFighting had actually been on an upswing since 2020.
I like listening to the announcers have a fit
Thats the cardinals announcers for ya
@@maxwolf4036 Yeah, because the Cardinals announcers are the ONLY biased announcers in all of baseball!!🙄
@@dianeschmidt6367if your bias is more important than someone trying to intentionally injure someone who accidentally injured another player, I have no respect for you. I'm glad umpires aren't taking as much shit anymore in regards to intentionally hit batters, because pitchers are just being crybabies and using it whenever they think fit.
Gary, Keith and Ron would never
The Mikolas pitch: That's talking without saying a word! And sending a message to opposing batters about swing follow throughs.
I mean, sure, but the batter and catcher hugged it out after. Just saying. If the pitcher wanted revenge, he should've acted much sooner. Like right after the batter hit the catcher. Not after they hugged it out lol.
That was the most gentlemanly thrown revenge pitch you'll ever see. Joe Kelly would have taken the batter's head off.
You can hear the announcers mention him doing that. Mikolas tried, but threw the fastball slightly low and Happ dodged it. So Mikolas decided to aim center mass on the next throw to hit Happ.
Joe Kelly would have missed 4 times
@@satagaming9144 Hi Alex Bregman. 👋
Well deliberately pitching at someone is always a PoS move... panned out exactly as it should when you Deliberately try to hurt someone. Baseball is a game, not a battle.
Fucking stupid thing to do either way. Costing your team potentially all for the sake of pettiness and getting back. It does absolutely fuck all especially if it all stemmed from an accident.
As a St. Louis fan, Mikolas should be focusing on throwing a damn strike before throwing at a batter that literally just hugged it out with Contreras. Stupid move. He’s been awful this season.
Probably wasn't his idea.
@@watsonsd1Yes. Definitely skipper’s idea
Mikolas has not been awful this season. He's been pretty solid actually. He had a rough April but he's been pretty good ever since
He threw that thing 2 miles and hour right at his ass. He didn't wanna do that shit.
@@keith3915 dude you throw it at someone’s ass to keep it from hurting them. It’s the most meaty area other than maybe our thighs. He threw it on purpose😂😂
Woulda been a better message if he struck him out instead of putting him on base 💀
wrd
Dude, it was a 3-1 count, it’s baseball, you’re not gonna strike people out at will. He kept the ball down and hit him in a perfect spot.
@@davelinicusu can bring it back lol
@@quintenrutley7501you must not know Miles Mikolas 😂
@@davelinicuspitch right before almost hit his head that was the second one
It's moments like these that give baseball it's soul! Please don't kill that...
Happ and Contreras hugged it out afterwards. It was so weird for him to throw at Happ after that.
not weird at all.
@@jeremyweems4916is that a joke? It was accidental contact and they bro-hugged. The catcher could shrugged off Happ, but he didn’t. Doesn’t mean that the pitcher gets a free toss at Happ.
@@Heffelz8 Two free tosses - he missed with the first one.
At most toss one tight inside to keep the batters honest.
And that’s why baseball is dying stupid shit like that.
MM knew this play was coming. Prepped himself to be composed and calm.. smart af
Should have thrown heat at his face wasn't worth the ejection for a meatball to the ass cheek
I mean yeah… he threw at him the pitch before too but missed him
Play? Revenge is not a play.
@@Maskenken tell that to Bob Gibson.
@ElotTheRavenFan8 Bob Gibson was childish? Pretty bold coming from a beta-male.
I think it's weird how the cardinals announcer thought it was so messed up that the umpires threw out mikolas out After he hit happ intentionally
Yeah but you gotta have a little feel for the game of baseball 😂😂
It was the first inning, and no warning was given after the previous pitch was thrown at his head. Then he hits him in the hip with a low velocity fastball and gets ejected. That's where the complaint was made. Umpires need to keep the game in context. Unless a starting pitcher kills a guy, you don't toss him in the first inning.
@kevino4846 you really should try hiding your stupidity much better than you do.
The fact that the catchers have been putting themselves closer on purpose still is also a reason but I’m glad the two figured it out peacefully then the pitcher got mad
It serves no purpose. If they get hit nothing happens.
I am old school in most cases, but what happened at the plate was a complete accident. There was no malice involved, and they even embraced as the guy was going to the dugout. There was no reason to bean him. The pitcher deserved to get thrown out for that stupidity.
If its an “accident” thats a result of being lazy on controlling his backswing. The catcher was being a professional, the pitcher sent the message that batters can control their bat or get plunked. How was there no reason if it discourages batters from hitting the catcher?
Next time he will keep both hands on the bat.
@@100thprimate Fine. Then don't whine when the pitcher gets thrown out for intentionally hitting a batter.
@@toddrf You seem like the one whining
@@100thprimate is English your first language?
Accidents happen, be an adult. Even the concussed catcher understood this.
...and the batter knew he had it coming and took it. He didn't beam his head. Same concept as fights in hockey. Players can check each other to make sure they are more mindful in the future.
@@BA-pp6qc Just curious, why does it benefit them for catchers to be back further?
lol accidents happen every time that guy goes to bat.... not really an accident the 7th time it happens
accidents like that can end a catchers career or even kill them so it doesnt really matter if he didnt mean to
That was no accident
The batter knew it was coming. He didn't even get mad.
Dude. He didn't even look at the mound after. It's called a receipt and the batter took it like a man. Should have let him play
It's the unwritten and well understood culture of the game. That's how he knew it was coming.
Cause he knew pitcher is going o be thrown out
He didn't even put any heat on that. That was just a message being sent.
Like a man
These announcers acting like that wasn’t warranted are so incredibly cringe.
Yeah, it's amazing how much better somebody pitches when they're a little pissed off.
Because aiming at something you want to hit is easier to do that aim to avoid someone hitting the ball
Announcers: they don’t need to issue warnings, if they feel it’s intentional they can throw them out
Also announcers when it’s their team: HAVE A LITTLE FEEL FOR THE GAME
Why not throw Happ out for the dangerous, showboating swing? Zero reason to EVER let the bat fly like that and he could kill the catcher doing that. Since the umpires didn't have the balls to eject Happ to send the message that you can't swing like that, the pitcher did EXACTLY the right thing. In the old days, Bob Gibson would have beaned Happ for an undisciplined dangerous bat to the head of his catcher, unintentional or not.
@@worlddevourer7740 and Bob Gibson would have gotten run. You are whats wrong with baseball.
@@UnderwaterAlexJones I would have no problem with Gibson being run but Happ would think twice about the reckless follow through in the future. Problem solved. Players that don't protect their teammates are cowards and get traded, as they should. If Happ doesn't want to get hit, then have some bat discipline and don't endanger other players with your showboat swing. Finally, I have NOTHING to do with MLB rules or their enforcement. I am just offering an opinion of a fan of the game since the 1960's. Don't wet your diaper over my opinion. Opinions are just like butt holes, everyone has one and most of them stink.
@worlddevourer7740 you’re wrong and there is no such thing as a showboat swing. Happ has been using that follow through swing his entire career. The cardinals announcers are boneheads and so is anyone who thinks that Happ should’ve gotten ejected for something that was accidental.
@@worlddevourer7740 YOU. ARE. WHATS. WRONG. WITH. BASEBALL.
The batter did interact with the catcher, looked like they resolved the incident. Pitcher couldn’t leave it alone.
Did batter do it on purpose or was it an accident?
@@nofurtherwest3474 Accident. Apparently the batter and catcher are friends.
@@nofurtherwest3474probably an accident this time, but there are a few guys who do it completely on purpose. It hasnt been a real issue until more recently
interesting thanks@@Gottiline_Ace
@@gonzarellious6102 of course they're friends, Contreras played for the Cubs until he went to StL via free agency before this season.
Just be honest. Pitcher deserved to be thrown out of the game
No, he didn't. It's excellent for the pitcher to get revenge on his teammate. Only woke betas think he should have been thrown out.
Catcher sets up too close, gets hit in the head. Pitcher needs two shots to hit a guy. Gets ejected for throwing a baseball at a batter, announcers freak out for some reason.
No he's not to close the batter needs better control, should be ejection & fine!
@@juliechase2047uh… if you’re close enough to get hit by the bat then you’re too close.
Contreras got hit a lot even as a cub. Just bad luck. Mikolas had no feel for the game.
@@JonEslickthere also has been a trend recently where the catchers have been getting their hands hurt from (and get this) BEING TO CLOSE to the batter's batting zone
@JonEslick the catchers moved up to gather more strikes due to the glove being directly in the swing path. That's why umps are calling more bad balls/strikes. The catcher is in fact too close especially as the batter looks to be set at the backside of the batters box.
* pitcher blatantly uses the ball as a weapon *
“have a little feel for baseball!”
Yeah I have no problem with that ejection; no opinion on either team.
The pitcher still acts like the spoiled brat he was in high school and college. Punk
That was baseball. The only time I have a problem is when the ball is thrown behind the pitcher taking away an escape route.
@@user-sn1se8kh7zany intentional hit should be an automatic ejection. This was the most obvious intentional hit ever. There isn’t always time to react and escape a pitch and getting hit by a pitch can end a career.
Number one rule in batting is to keep both hands on the bat. You lose power in the swing. I learned that in little league. The bat isnt a weapon? And the catcher got hit in the head vs a ball to the butt. All the pitchers call the pitches, so it wasnt even him making that call. The batter has control of what happens in the swing. Plus this swing to the catchers has been goin on more often this season than ever.
Revenge for what? Catcher standing really close, batter didnt hit him in the back of the head on purpose obviously… announcers crying like babies about it 😂
Mikolas was trying to get the Cubs to come fight him and they were like, “Nah man, you’re not worth it”
He isn't. What he did was dumb, it was clear that Happ did not hit Contreras on purpose.
Plus heard them saying "we've got a division to win, unlike you Cards" moments late 3 runs scored
@sgtelias2258 lmao 11 championships to 1. I would shut up unless you like sounding stupid. Everyone knows who the "classy" organization is. 😅😅
@@jimmysmomsmom Happ never got ejected
Facts L cardinals cubs rule
Contreras is so nice bro respecting his old friend
He hit him with the bat and apologized and they hugged and walked away. Should’ve been over with. So I 100% agree with the umps to straight up eject him without a warning. Pitcher taking things too far.
You don't understand baseball or the history of how things are done my friend
@@209er2and you dont understand how to let shit go once it’s been dealt with.
Like this is one of the few times I’ve seen players make up and apologize on the field. And then the pitcher does this. I’m not blaming everything on the pitcher cause the really awful thing is that the pitcher is expected to do that and would be scorned for not doing that. Product of the shitty part of baseball culture. Props to happ and Contreras
I don't care. I was a catcher for 14 years. If my pitcher does not retaliate he is a piece of ....
But that was ice cream that Mikolas hit the batter with. He wasn't trying to kill him.
Catcher wasn't even mad at batter, pitcher just made a fool of himself
They were teammates for six years.
That was an accident, he immediately apologized and guy accepted
I don't know but I didn't think it was an accident.
LOL
Yeah but this is happening too much. Batters need to knock it off. I agree with the ejection but only because you already threw at him once. Throwing at him twice earns an ejection.
An accident? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Yeah, his birth was a freaking accident and innocent people are paying for it
@@shishinonaitobro it was an accident they are former teammates you bot😑
That was an apology hug, we could all tell that was heart felt. Pitcher earned it.
normally they give a warning for the first hit by pitch. They didnt in this case so it went against the norm.
@@zedwpdmaking an example cuz it's flagrant...
@@zedwpd actually no. If they feel it was intentional, they can eject without warning
I don't agree. The catcher could suffer a concussion.
@@kevingeier3385Ah, yes. Let's get revenge and make the situation worse.
That was the softest HBP of the season.
Looked like a whiffle ball hahaha
Yeah it was, which I thought is why they should have just issued a warning. And I believe both sides would have been good with that.
Control your bat or your out of the game. Happening alot more.
@@tima.478no, stop normalizing hitting these batters like animals, that gives the ok to throw harder pitches as well
@@AncientConquests1how do you normalize what’s already normal? Revenge pitches like this are absolutely nothing new
He hit him in the butt. Grow up. It is part of baseball. The game has been slowly dissolved into a completely different game in recent years. It's sad.
That was the softest revenge pitch I'm shocked the ump ejected him
Umps are garbage these days
90+ mph is not a soft pitch
Even happ knew it sounded like he already rode one in so he had to know but he took it and walked. No words. That’s baseball. I also hate mid game bat flips anyone wanna argue ?
As he should’ve .. he went at him on purpose after a clear accident , even went up to the man & apologized. Pitcher was 🐱 for that
@@ArielJLunathat’s a dugout decision bud go watch tennis
The best part is that I'm pretty sure Happ was down 1-2 in the count and miles gave him a base
"I only threw directly at him a little bit. Why so serious?"
No, it's because catchers are basically sitting on top of the plate now so they can frame the pitch and get more strikes, getting hit in the arm and head is the result
These announcers are 🤡
Play us a clip of you announcing an MLB game.
I literally can't watch any other team because most other announcers just don't have the excitement that cardinal announcers have. Unless it's Jim Edmons
@@aydynadams7189i wish chip was still with the cubs. the other guy i don't really care for.
@@jamesbarnett2483 wipe your mouth
This might be the dumbest response you could have came back with. Classic bird fans, bunch of idiots! Lol
Very cool that the two involved were classy 👍💯
Well, seeing as the two are friends and were teammates until the end of last season (and the fact it was an accident), the show of sportsmanship wasn't at all unexpected...still pure class nonetheless.
@@Alsebrathere as no class in the revenge throw.
@@themonsterunderyourbed9408 It's actually traditional.
@@LostinMIASo is cannibalism in some traditions, shit excuse for shitty behavior
That was stupid by the pitcher
Mikolas is so dumb here. What the hell did he expect? Also, Happ and Contreas are friends. it definitely wasn't intentionial
100% agree with that ejection. the incident was completely unintentional. absolutely no need to send any message at all. this was just cowardly.
If you can't control your bat, you should be ejected like a high stick in😊 hockey. He hit him in the hip, and it didn't injure the player. Now the Cardinals are put two players, not the right call.
@@kevingeier3385 players run into each other all the time on the basepaths. you want to start ejecting every player that unintentionally comes into contact with an opponent?
and you forget the whole point of pitchers purposely beaning batters. this was absolutely the wrong time to do it.
@@michaelweston2285 If the coaches and umpires refuse to keep batters in the box, so the swing of the bat (just as controllable as a pitch, by the way!) does not hit the catcher, then they have no business ejecting the pitcher. We all know that this problem of catchers getting hit by the bat has been going on way too much this season! It's time for the umps to do their job.
Happ and Wilson were teammates* together. They hugged. No one felt worse about it than Happ. Why the manager made him throw at Happ is beyond me. Ejection is 100% warranted.
edit: happ wasn't on world series team. oops. whatever though, my comment still stands. hows that haterade taste? mmmm
Dogbrained take
Here is an idea. Next year? New rule. Your bat makes contact with the catcher. Not the umps call. Ejected. Enough with these guys. Catcher and ump should not have to back up to different positions based on each BATTERS preferred BACKSWING. If the Catcher is in this box, this one was, There is NO reason you need a "Wide backswing because htat is youe signature". This one may have been an accident. But, I want to say a guy on the Dodgers? Hits a catcher a week min with this exaggerated swing.
Happ wasn't on that team. He didn't debut until the following year.
@Iansco1 I think we should probably consider that baseball players are getting bigger- not just steroids & workout routines. They're taller on average than in the past. Pitchers throw faster and hitters hit harder. Hitting a 95-100+ mph balls takes a quick swing that can carry a lot of momentum. We could try recognizing that batting styles are changing and find another solution, like moving the batter's/catcher's boxes?
Don't know about automatic ejections, but I'd definitely agree with fines, or better yet, suspensions, for repeat violations. Accidentally overswinging on occasion is an accident. When it happens over & over, at best, that person doesn't even care to try and prevent it.
@@Iansco1Contreras has a history of getting too close to batters. Even when he was on the Cubs, he was hit by backswings and his glove would interfere with some swings. This has more to do with Willson’s positioning than Ian’s. That’s why neither of them took offense to it. Mikolas was just being soft
Most emotion Chip has shown all year
We sure don’t miss listening to him in Chicago.
Baseball being dumb per usual. Oh I have to hit you with the pitch because you accidentally hit the catcher and apologized for it.
This is a good example of why you shouldn't be offended for someone else.
His team mate could have been killed.
He was sending a message for the sake of all his team mates, not just that catcher
What's the message, don't have accidents?@@ML-sc3pt
@@ML-sc3ptkilled? Unlikely... what msg? It was childish and unnecessary there was no msg being sent except pitcher is abit of a toddler
@@lpdb1995 you realize one of man's first weapons was a club right?
Idc how unlikely it is the batter smacked the catcher with a bat. I mean people still use baseball bats as weapons to this day
@lpdb1995 A 35mph high velocity impact can kill. The average speed of an MLB batters follow through is 65mph.
Honestly, he should have been watching how Contreras handled the interaction after taking the hit.
Contreras was a Cub and he knew them like brothers. If Contreras didn’t make a deal that pitcher basically didn’t know his environment.
Good...they should have thrown him out and fined him 💯 any pitcher that purposely hits a batter with a pitch should be suspended and fined 😒 how unprofessional.
I love how ruleless baseball is played because everyone is always wanting the fight.
Perfectly fine to eject him but the announcer thinks it's perfectly fine to hit him on purpose.
Catcher totally forgave the batter, but clearly the pitcher wasn't ready to forget.
that's how it should you take care of yourself. I got this.
They are also former teammates and clearly unintentional.
"what do you mean youre gonna throw me out for VERY OBVIOUSLY throwing at a guy"
Nothing wrong with anything anyone did, except maybe the batter at first for not controlling the bat, but that was an honest accident. That happens, you know the pitch is coming. But you pitch deliberately at a batter, the umps are gonna eject you. That's everyone playing their roles.
@@obliviouzbatters was an accident. Pitcher was on purpose so he's wrong. Its not his job to hit batters seeing as that is against the rules.
He kept it in the mid section didn't put any heat on it sent the message it wasn't meant to hurt anyone as someone was already hurt from the previous play. PLAY BALL!
@@dahoodlum1253 They edited this clip. Before he hit him with that pitch he threw one before it that was a high fastball at like chin height that could have done some pretty serious damage if the batter hadn't moved out of the way. Letting the first one go was his warning but seeing he intentionally did it again he got ejected.
Retaliation ALWAYS gets called in every sport. Pretty ridiculous people defending a man trying to hit someone with a ball.
not really sure why all the commentators are so surprised. it was obviously intentional, seems like the umpires are well within their jurisdiction
the funnies part is the fact that the pitcher failed to hit him the first try
I thought that was a no no. You get one shot. After that... no surprise he got thrown out. I remember a guy was talking about it (he got thrown at) and he said he knew when he stepped up he was getting thrown at and it was okay, but he missed and then the next pitch he hit him and I'm pretty sure that's when the benches cleared.
One of them unwritten rules
"and this mustache doesn't look ridiculous! It looks awesome!"
Nah, his molestache is hideous
na, it looks super ridiculous actually 😂
Go ahead and grow one then
WHOOSH!
...the sound something makes as it goes right over your head.
"have a little feel for petty revenge"
But by God if they throw at one of our guys we should financially ruin that pitcher and the next 10 generations of his family… baseball unwritten rules are stupid
@@yungwallione157😂👍
Is it petty? CTE exists little man, they can't be doing that.
How was anyone paying attention to anything else that is flipping majestic. 😂 Oopsie poopsie wrong comment responded to.... Good job weed and fat thumbs 😂
@@yungwallione157The written rules are stupid too. It's just a stupid and boring as bat shit game altogether. 🤷♂️🦇💩😂
That was painful to contrast probaly.I wonder why Mikolas hit him by pitch to get ejected.
Exactly, sportsmanship.
Oh yeah get revenge for an accident. He should be suspended. That has no place in modern baseball. I believe if you intentionally throw at somebody’s head, you should be brought up on assault charges.
pitchers hit batters all the time intentionally and they get warnings. a suspension makes no sense
@@CryEaglesCry ok probably overreacted on that front. But I stand by my statement about head hunting, you could seriously ruin someone’s life
@@jackstraw522 ur right about that
@@jackstraw522Ozuna is doing "accidently" too right?
This should never happen, as it's super easy to control your back swing.
In fairness, that was a gentle hit. He barely even reacted.
But he also threw 94 mph at Happ’s head the pitch prior
@@sportsloverbaseballnope. That's not what happened clown. That was nowhere near his head.
@@AllergicFungus kinda was
This was second attempt.
In first attempt ball was going for his head, but missed.
Thats why he got ejected.
@@Sol-ps8ox exactly
This is why I stopped watching. Baseball is about the investors interests now, not the actual game.
The batter handled it like an adult: he apologized and made things right with the catcher and let the pitxher throq his temper tantrum
It's up to the catcher to not get hit.
He was probably told to hit the batter by the manager, thats just a guess tho, maybe the pitcher is just a clown
Go play Fortnite you dork.
Announcer.. have a feel for the game. What, they hugged it out and he was a team mate at one point... have a feel indeed
Read my mind...
I always forget how mid most other team's broadcasters are. Or they just have no chemistry with each other.
I've been spoiled with a lot of Giants and Dodgers over the years. Kruk, Kuip, Scully. Legends.
Dude apologized on the spot they walked away good there was no reason for the revenge hit.
there's no crying in baseball cardinal announcers.
they weren’t crying
they were frustrated that the umps don’t know how baseball works
@CryEaglesCry Facts
@@CryEaglesCrythat shouldn’t be how baseball works, tired of the dumb unspoken rule of hitting batters. Serves no purpose other than to show young kids how to be stupid
Cub fan upset about crying. You can’t make this chit up.
bro happ even gave contreras a hug, mikolas did him dirty
Honestly that was like a change up at his ass it was probably the manager's call. Didn't really look like Mikolas wanted to do it, not that that's an excuse.
@keith3915 yeah, the pitch speed actually read 94
If he wanted to hurt him fr he would have gone ribs, shoulder, arm, not the fleshiest part of the body. Ofc head/neck area is available too I guess 😂 plus it doesn’t look like it was thrown hard at all
@@bigchunguscultmember1267 was still 94mph🤣
Glad it wasn't Bob Gibson
No need to throw at him. We saw the hug between them. They were good.
Yeah, that was pretty gay. He needed it even more after that.
The catchers are getting hit today because they have started to set up closer to the plate more than ever before
His command was on point 😂
His second attempt to hit the batter 😂😂😂 he missed the first time
@@charliemurphy8416 😂😂😂
He deserved that ejection, the batter and catcher literally hugged each other, the pitcher just wanted to be petty
Not petty. There was no spice on that meatball. It's baseball, you gotta know there's gonna be a correction coming. Even batter didn't care.
That was symbolic revenge. It wasn't even a fast ball. He was just letting ole boy know to keep control of the bat, or mistakes could be made.
Contreras is know to be too close and has said he won't change. Play at your own risk then.
Sportsmanship gentlemen. Sportsmanship. It's a requirement.
Exactly. You can see he didn't throw it as hard as he could, and the batter seemed to expect it.
@@neonicon8500yea, it's unspoken but understood
Tell that to Rocket League players
Apparently, it's not for the pitcher.
@@aberamagold7509 No, it's especially for the pitcher. He could have hit that batter way harder than he did, and many pitchers would have. It was good sportsmanship all around. The batter didn't mean to hit the catcher, but he did, and the team lost their catcher, so the batter expected retaliation. He got it, but it was not nearly as bad as it could have been. The batter took it on the chin, so to speak, and took his base.
They both knew what was next.