You want to know what sucks in baseball? Getting hit by a pitch. Hurts like hell, and you flail around while some pitcher turns around and tries to keep himself from laughing while getting a thumbs up from his shortstop. Whats worse than all of this? Being the guy that always gets hit by a pitch. And thats why Mark Texeira and Alex Rodriguez are up in my first ever Who Gets Hit Beaned Tonight post.
After Russ Martin accused lowly Baltimore Oriole Robert Andino of stealing signs from second base last night, there were some choice words between the two. Since Buck Showalter knows he has no chance of maintaining a grip on first place beyond the third week in April, he wants to stay relevant. That said, my money is on someone getting drilled tonight, and I'm going with Tex, Arod, and Martin as my three main targets. For some reason, I get the feeling that the first two are prime targets for opposing pitchers. Big guys who hit a lot of home runs, but are probably not going to charge the mound and are definitely going to dance around a bit and make you laugh. Martin - well he just stirred the pot, so maybe he gets one in the leg.
Now this may not happen. I could be completely wrong. If I am, these two picks carry on to the next time there's some heat between teams. Only time will tell.
For the record, I was taught how to steal signs in Little League. Left arm to the bag - offspeed is coming. Right arm - Expect the heat. Pretty sure that's universal. Maybe a little more complex at the big league level, but it DEFINITELY is going on.
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