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Should Morneau get one in the ribs?

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MLB.com used to have all sorts of great video highlights available for each game, but now it seems they want to make you sign up / pay for them.

Does anybody carry the clips? I want to see the play at the plate again.

Check that, I found some "sights and sounds" where you can watch highlights for free. But it didn't include the play at the plate, so if anyone has that I'd still appreciate it.

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Like I said, I don't think he did anything wrong. It is a part of the game. But so is getting hit and that's a part of the game I'd initiate him into.

He didn't do anything wrong, but you want to punish him anyway. So, Cabrera plunks Morneau on purpose, which is definitely wrong. So, now the Twins are looking for revenge...who do you want them to hit...Markakis, Tejada, Huff? Yeah, we need to risk getting one of our guys hurt over a game of retaliation for what...nothing?

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He didn't do anything wrong, but you want to punish him anyway.

He didn't do anything outside of the rules but he definetly threw an elbow. If a guy takes out a 2nd baseman during a double play that isn't wrong either but it deserves retaliation.

So, Cabrera plunks Morneau on purpose, which is definitely wrong.

I don't think plunking a guy on purpose is "definetly wrong." There's a time and a place for everything. For me, this is a time I'd have it done.

So, now the Twins are looking for revenge...who do you want them to hit...Markakis, Tejada, Huff? Yeah, we need to risk getting one of our guys hurt over a game of retaliation for what...nothing?

Who cares? DC throws a lot harder than anybody they've got.:D And I don't consider what Mornaeu did to be nothing. He made gratuitous contact with Bako, imo. I realize this is all a matter of opinion, I'm just expressing mine, and I respect if yours is different.

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In theory, it would be nice to plunk Morneau, not because it was a dirty play, but to demonstrate that we will intimidate/play dirty/do whatever it takes to win.

However, we would probably end up being sorry when the opposing team takes out Miggy or Markakis.

So in the end, I would say no to plunking Morneau, who like people have said, did nothing dirty.

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THIS THREAD is what's wrong with our society. A good, hard nosed, old fashioned basball play gets turned into a "Waaa, We should retaliate" thread.

I agree with the "You want the Twins to come back and hit Tejada, Huff, or Markakis for NOTHING?" thought.

I would have thought LESS of Morneau if he DIDN'T go in hard against Bako. I think everyone who was on the field would agree.

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So we could have Castillo as our starter until Ramon returns? The solution is to find a better catcher, not to keep killing off the lousy ones we had.

Bako is the definition of replacement-level catcher. If he's hit by a bus today the difference between him and Castillo is too small to measure. If Castillo gets hit by a bus tomorrow the difference between him and Whiteside is too small to measure. If Whiteside gets hit by a bus day after tomorrow I'm sure Geronimo Gil or Jeff Tackett will be willing to pick up the baton and give that ol' .580 OPS a go.

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THIS THREAD is what's wrong with our society. A good, hard nosed, old fashioned basball play gets turned into a "Waaa, We should retaliate" thread.

I agree with the "You want the Twins to come back and hit Tejada, Huff, or Markakis for NOTHING?" thought.

I would have thought LESS of Morneau if he DIDN'T go in hard against Bako. I think everyone who was on the field would agree.

Yeah, because nobody every threw at anybody back in the good ol days.:rolleyes:

This response is what's wrong with old people. Everything was better and more just back in the day regardless of the reality. Give me a break.

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Bako is the definition of replacement-level catcher. If he's hit by a bus today the difference between him and Castillo is too small to measure. If Castillo gets hit by a bus tomorrow the difference between him and Whiteside is too small to measure. If Whiteside gets hit by a bus day after tomorrow I'm sure Geronimo Gil or Jeff Tackett will be willing to pick up the baton and give that ol' .580 OPS a go.

You would think we could stop stepping in front of buses....but the Orioles never do learn.

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