Let me tell you something.This is no minor thing(not retaliating when a player is hit by another team's pitcher.)The whole way that players think of other teams(and whether they are comfortable batting against their pitchers )is determined in part by stuff like this.I will give you an example of this.When the Dodgers go to San Diego,or San Francisco,those players for those teams come to the plate like mad animals.There is not one ounce of fear in them.You know why? Grady etc. and the Dodger pitchers never take charge of the plate,and make those sons of btches stop leaning out over that plate. You can't get people out if you don't pitch inside,and yes..let a pitch get away from ya now and then.People don't realize that pitching inside is very,very important in keeping opposing hitters from being comfortable at the plate.Headhunting doesn't belong in the game,but pitching inside,and getting a guy hit in the backside is an important part of the game.
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