High up on the list of things that drive me crazy…

[Frobby]

…is when a pitcher allows a HBP when he’s got two strikes on the hitter.  I swear, it feels like that’s the situation every time we hit a batter.  That’s not actually true, but what is true is that of the 59 times we’ve hit a batter, the better was ahead in the count only 7 times.   So, we’re hitting guys in counts that are even or where we have the upper hand.  It’s maddening.  Happened today with Webb on an 0-2 count and made the 7th inning much more tense than it needed to be.  

The actual numbers:

59 HBP

7 behind in the count 

22 even count

30 ahead in the count 

29 with two strikes

10 on 0-2 count

10 on 1-2 count

9 on 2-2 count

9 on first pitch  

 

 

[Otter]

Interesting.  I would suspect a lot of the 2 strike HBPs are due to the pitcher trying to bust one inside off the plate and follow up with something outside.

[HbgOsFan]

Good research.  When the HBP occurred , I helped my triplets expand their vocabulary of words starting between 'e' and 'g' by one.  Let's not discuss vocabulary enhancement occurring in innings 8 and 9. 

[Frobby]

Leadoff walks are also on my short list of things that drive me crazy. 

[Satyr3206]

11 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Leadoff walks are also on my short list of things that drive me crazy. 

Same here. If I was the Manager I might pull them, lol.

[Yossarian]

8 minutes ago, Otter said:

Interesting.  I would suspect a lot of the 2 strike HBPs are due to the pitcher trying to bust one inside off the plate and follow up with something outside.

I was going to say the same thing.   The inside pitch is to set up the outside, off-speed pitch. 

[SilverRocket]

I feel like this is just the natural consequence of wanting to throw something in the zone when the pitcher is behind vs out of the zone when the pitcher is ahead. It's not like the targets are the same.

[Big Al]

33 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Leadoff walks are also on my short list of things that drive me crazy. 

Especially when we have a lead. 
 

While we’re listing peeves, striking out with less than two out and a man in scoring position.

[spiritof66]

3 hours ago, HbgOsFan said:

Good research.  When the HBP occurred , I helped my triplets expand their vocabulary of words starting between 'e' and 'g' by one.  Let's not discuss vocabulary enhancement occurring in innings 8 and 9. 

Do they pay that much attention to you? That won't last.  

[ShoelesJoe]

3 hours ago, Frobby said:

Leadoff walks are also on my short list of things that drive me crazy. 

Leadoff walks to the #9 batter should result in an immediate trip to A Ball for a month. 

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, ShoelesJoe said:

Leadoff walks to the #9 batter should result in an immediate trip to A Ball for a month. 

If the player doesn't have options just DFA them?

[Uli2001]

4 hours ago, Otter said:

Interesting.  I would suspect a lot of the 2 strike HBPs are due to the pitcher trying to bust one inside off the plate and follow up with something outside.

I was going to post the same. I would bet that all pitchers throw HBP more often when they are ahead than when behind. And at 0-2, they are often taught since little league to "waste" one pitch. That's when HBP happens.

[Uli2001]

4 hours ago, HbgOsFan said:

Good research.  When the HBP occurred , I helped my triplets expand their vocabulary of words starting between 'e' and 'g' by one.  Let's not discuss vocabulary enhancement occurring in innings 8 and 9. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp73CjcO1Eg

[AlbNYfan]

Up 0-2 and walk a batter. Might as well hit the batter and save pitches!!!

[catjuggler]

7 hours ago, HbgOsFan said:

Good research.  When the HBP occurred , I helped my triplets expand their vocabulary of words starting between 'e' and 'g' by one.  Let's not discuss vocabulary enhancement occurring in innings 8 and 9. 

firetruck?