Sunday, September 21, 2014
Intent v Recklessness
?There should be no discussion on intent, until you FIRST talk about reckless disregard. I talked about this on the old blog, and I'll repost some of it here:
So, I'd amend that to say that you get suspended not only for ANY pitch to the head (regardless of intent), under the "reckless disregard" rule, but also if a batter is hit twice in the same game by the same pitcher. On top of that, I'd have the "intent to injure" as a separate penalty (and even higher cost).That’s the same myopic thinking that prevents an umpire from throwing Clemens out of the game when he hits Piazza in the head. Intent is not the minimum requirement. Reckless disregard is the minimum requirement. (Or should be.)
... This is why I would call all pitches to the head as reckless disregard, because a baseball should be nowhere close to a hitter’s head. I’d give an 8-game suspension for that.
“Intent to injure” is a red herring.
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