Carted off the field after getting drilled by a fast ball.

http://m.mlb.com/video/v36168595/miamil-stanton-leaves-game-after-hit-during-swing

He's gonna end up looking like Deshields

Not good at all. Scary stuff. Hope he heals soon

Props to the Marlins for getting fired up after the next batter was hit also. I woulda done the same thing.

Meh, the Marlins pitcher beaned a Brewers player the next inning. That is stupid because it's obvious Fiers did not hit either batter intentionally.

The next batter wouldn't have been hit if he wouldn't have tried to swing. But still, that's good baseball, well besides Stanton getting drilled in the face. Props to the Marlins for throwing at Gomez too.

That being said, I don't think I would like to make McGeehee mad...yikes.

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Props to the Marlins for getting fired up after the next batter was hit also. I woulda done the same thing.

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What? The second batter wouldn't have been hit had he not swung the bat. Both were obviously not intentional. The Marlins pitcher beaning the batter was bush-league.

Exactly. And if y'all have the MLB At Bat app, I encourage y'all to play the highlight of the benches clearing scuffle with the Marlins telecast. The announcer sounds like he is about to cry because he is convinced the umpires are out to screw Miami for saying that Johnson swung. It was pathetic

DP said it best...It's just good competitive baseball.

And I'm not saying each hit batter was intentional but you can't sit there and watch you're big guy go down by a HBP in the face then watch the next batter get beaned in the hand and just sit on your hands in the dugout. Whether he was swinging or not doesn't negate the fact it was a high and tight pitch. Intentional or not that's gotta get you fired up.

And yes I thought it was great to see Gomez beaned. I think that's part of the game and I think it's good to have your teammates back. What woulda made it better is if the Marlins pitcher woulda just walked off when he was tossed instead of pleading his case to the ump. Everyone knew what he was doing.

I also think both teams shoulda been warned after Stanton went down. Not sure the umps handled that perfectly.

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I also think both teams shoulda been warned after Stanton went down. Not sure the umps handled that perfectly.

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This I can agree with. If I'm Miami I'm pissed that Milwaukee gets to hit two batters and their pitcher stays in, and we hit one Brewer and we get tossed. I mean I understand that damn near everyone can agree that it was an intentional hit, but that would frustrate me. The umpires could have handled this better

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I also think both teams shoulda been warned after Stanton went down. Not sure the umps handled that perfectly.

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This I can agree with. If I'm Miami I'm pissed that Milwaukee gets to hit two batters and their pitcher stays in, and we hit one Brewer and we get tossed. I mean I understand that damn near everyone can agree that it was an intentional hit, but that would frustrate me. The umpires could have handled this better

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so one pitcher hit two guys unintentionally and then the next inning the opposing teams pitcher hit a guy intentionally and gets run, and you think the umpires could have handled it better?

amazing

I think Gomez gets plunked regardless of the 2nd hit Marlin.

It's one of those unwritten rules that if you get our big guy we're getting yours (intentional or not). Umps should have known this and therefore warned both players after Stanton went down.

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This I can agree with. If I'm Miami I'm pissed that Milwaukee gets to hit two batters and their pitcher stays in, and we hit one Brewer and we get tossed. I mean I understand that damn near everyone can agree that it was an intentional hit, but that would frustrate me. The umpires could have handled this better

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So you are going to put the health of another player in jeopardy to satisfy your sour grapes? Can you imagine if football operated this way? "If our QB gets a concussion then you better watch out because we'll hit yours!"

I'm not saying that I don't understand why Miami's pitcher got tossed. I completely understand why he got tossed. I'm saying more should have been done before Miami's pitcher even took the mound. Any pitcher who throws/hits two consecutive pitchers near the face (intentional or unintentional) should at least have some sort of warning, etc.

The fact that the first two went by without any semblance of a consequence, yet Miami's gets tossed, is where it comes across as chaotic and inconsistent. The umps should have taken control of the game a long time before any of that happened.

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I'm not saying that I don't understand why Miami's pitcher got tossed. I completely understand why he got tossed. I'm saying more should have been done before Miami's pitcher even took the mound. Any pitcher who throws/hits two consecutive pitchers near the face (intentional or unintentional) should at least have some sort of warning, etc.

The fact that the first two went by without any semblance of a consequence, yet Miami's gets tossed, is where it comes across as chaotic and inconsistent. The umps should have taken control of the game a long time before any of that happened.

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This.

If there is any indication of another player getting hit the umps have got to step in and give the warnings. If a franchise player gets carted off from taking a pitch to the face that should be enough for the umpires to say 'Alright just in case anyone has any ideas you're both getting warned'.

I don't think they retaliated for Stanton getting drilled in the teeth. Obviously, hitting a guy in the face is unintentional. If a guy is going to throw at someone, he aims for the back. They drilled him back because they hit the next guy (also not intentional). That's when Go got it in the back, which was completely intentional.

FTR, I HATE the "let's warn both benches after a plunk" rule. Baseball has a history of policing itself. You hit one of our guys, we hit one of your guys, it's over. The umps, historically, have a history of being terrible at policing players. Call guys out or safe. That's their job. It's not to wonder if a HBP was intentional or not. Just like it's not their job to determine if a catcher got run over enough to call the runner out. In this case, Gomez, and his teammates, accepted the HBP as part of the game and simply jogged to first base. No one argued or came onto the field. They knew it was coming and accepted it. The arguments and invasion came after the ump tossed the Miami pitcher. It's a dumb rule, and I wish they would change it. **** Bud Selig.

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