In theory, Mike Fiers makes a fair argument here. An extended stare down, a flipped bat, a deliberate home run trot, and an emphatic finger point back to the mound is a bit much in terms of a reaction to getting accidentally plunked on the forearm with an up-and-in pitch. Unfortunately, I think you kind of have to keep that argument to yourself when you've previously put the man that it's being made against into the hospital with a broken face that brought a swift end to his season. Getting hit by a pitch is most certainly an occupational hazard, but being carted off on a stretcher with a mangled money maker typically isn't. Therefore, it seems a bit disingenuous for someone to go around using insults like "childish" in reference to the type of grudge he's never had to worry about holding. It's probably wise to take a swing in another man's shoes before publicly questioning his character and, if we are judging by Mike Fiers own implication that his accuracy is average, I can almost guarantee that Mike Fiers wouldn't feel totally at ease digging his heels into the batter's box against Mike Fiers. Therefore, I think it's time he shuts the hell up and accepts his long-belated emasculation like a man instead of whining that the person who brought it upon him acted like a boy in doing something as natural and instinctive as remembering who it was that had that bad blood leaking from multiple features of his face. One single base is a small price to pay for each 100 MPH mistake, so maybe we can pen the humble acceptance of any and all vengeful responses in as a consequence of high-speed baseball beaning. Especially in cases where the batter is left laying lifeless on the ground. Safe to say that definitely doesn't carry a self-imposed statute of limitations, and - even on the off-chance it did - there was simply nothing "childish" about the exit velocity on that dinger.
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