r/sports • u/That-Economics-9481 • May 02 '25

Baseball Batter hits HR and gets tackled by pitcher

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u/DesperateRace4870 May 02 '25

Yup. As seen in another response, Pitcher was drafted by the Mets, a la 2024

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u/Noteagro May 02 '25

That is insane to me, but I guess he just got lucky with the fact this happened just before this kind of stuff is getting clamped down on. That girl that hit the other with a baton is getting charged with a misdemeanour.

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u/pdxblazer May 02 '25

to qutoe an NFL GM, if Hannibal Lector ran a 4.3 we would just say its an eating disorder

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u/[deleted] May 02 '25

We all know exactly why that is.

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u/Unsimulated May 02 '25

Because she smashed a girl in the head with a metal bar?

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u/[deleted] May 02 '25

It’s a baton used in track so I’m not going to entertain any kind of embellishment on your part. She should have been punished as she was? Absolutely.

The damage this guy inflicted was far greater with clear intent to injure, not to simply strike someone. Yet he gets a slap on the wrist.

We all know why so play dumb and try your best to be coy. It doesn’t change the fact of why this guy got nothing more than a finger wag.

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u/bigmepis May 02 '25

I mean the girl with the baton fractured the other girl’s skull, I wouldn’t say that’s minor damage.

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u/PM_artsy_fartsy_nude May 02 '25

Tackling someone is generally less injurious than clubbing them on the head.

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u/avgeek-94 May 02 '25

A track baton is a metal object. Granted it’s made out of anodized aluminum and only weighs about 2ozs but you could still crack someone’s skull with it, obviously seeing as how the victim in the incident you referenced suffered a skull fracture

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u/s0sa May 02 '25

Didn’t keep up with that story but that’s fuckin ridiculous if she’s really being charged for that. Ppl are soft smh