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Originally Posted by texasmame
I had to put Griffey on the other day. I was losing, so I said "F him" and I hit him instead of issuing the intentional BB. He had to leave the game and now he's out for the season due to my plunking. 
Okay, so I didn't intend on hurting him but it worked out fine since he's on the team I'm chasing. And, since you can plunk with impunity, why the hell would you even use the IBB option when you can get, how should I say, "potential added benefits" from plunking the guy instead?
Marcus and Co. certainly need to address this issue with no ejections/suspensions EVER for intentionally hitting batters.
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One day it would be cool if certain pitchers were more likely to hit batters, particularly if it was revenge for one of their guys getting hit, they're pissed that they just gave up a HR, or the like. Call it the Drysdale-Gibson code.
