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If The Tigers Intentionally Hit The Ump With A Pitch Then They Did A Decent Enough Job Of Making It Look Like An Accident

9/13/2017

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Right after Ausmus is ejected Hicks whiffs on a fastball & ump takes it right in the neck. He asks "they do that on purpose right there?" pic.twitter.com/PcE157YyuD

— Ozzie (@OzzieStern) September 13, 2017

Ausmus angry with insinuation he heard on Cleveland telecast that fastball that hit plate umpire Quinn Wolcott was on purpose.

— Jason Beck (@beckjason) September 13, 2017

Ausmus: "For anyone to imply that was intentional, that's just completely wrong. They're out of line saying that, quite frankly." https://t.co/udBdwXEeSt

— Jason Beck (@beckjason) September 13, 2017
LBS- In the third inning of Detroit’s 5-3 loss to Cleveland on Wednesday, Ausmus and catcher James McCann were both ejected by home plate umpire Quinn Walcott for arguing balls and strikes. Just a handful of pitches later, new Tigers catcher John Hicks failed to catch a Buck Farmer delivery and it hit Wolcott in the shoulder on the fly, knocking him down.

Most people felt that it was a simple cross-up involving a pitcher and catcher who had just been abruptly put together, but the Cleveland TV broadcast — and one writer — implied that something more sinister was going on.


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Delayed reaction to an off-target pitch, orrr a vengeful, intentionally plunking of an umpire that a piss poor team deemed a little too hasty in throwing out their manager? You be the judge.

I mean, the fact of the matter is that even having to question whether or not it was an accident has to be considered a win for the pitcher/catcher combo that potentially conspired to bean blue, no? I don't watch enough baseball to know whether or not John Hicks' hand-eye coordination is too trusty to completely whiff on a pitch that was far from wild. I would imagine that it's arguable given that a professional catcher of oft-unpredictable projectiles that move at a rapid pace just Daria'd the shit out of that laser. However, if there's a way to make it look like it's not then it's to come in fresh off the bench as a backup and crouch over the outside corner as an allegedly inaccurate fastball comes up and inside with some heat behind it.

I don't feel completely comfortable crying conspiracy here, and I'm pretty sure that skepticism is all it takes to get away with hitting an umpire with some chin music. It's up to a more trained eye to determine whether or not 
this was an athlete-taught lesson, but either way it could teach Quinn Walcott to keep a tighter strike zone in the future. A painful example of impact correction, if you will. 
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