Anyone a Manny Machado fan?

rsmath said:

Maybe 4 (which is why Machado likely is appealing)... if one of the 5 games was for the Derek Norris part of the situation.

Seeing the highlight of Norris getting whacked with a backswing Tuesday night, I"m beginning to think it wasn't Machado being intentional to hit Norris with his backswings but rather Norris crouches too far up in the catchers box. That clip from Tuesday night should help Machado's cause for suspension reduction if his backswings were factored into the suspension length rather than just the bat throw and tag overreaction.

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Crewfan82 said:

Yeah, just saw all this for the first time. Didn't even seem like Donalson tagged him hard. Almost appeared Machado was back peddling to avoid the tag, stumbled, and fell. Probably felt stupid so he decided to go all beast mode on Donaldson who really did nothing.

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ballerskrip said:

First off, I have been a fan of machado for a bit, and I HATED this, just hated it! Let me ask something, why did Buck let this escalate? Why was Manny even still in the lineup? Why wasn't he talked to after his childish BS on Friday? Get the damn kid out of the game, sit him for a couple of days, and teach him a damn lesson. I am not trying to blame buck, but he could have been part of the solution. Instead I feel like he was an enabler. ***Note, Buck is one of my favorite, if not overall favorite manager in baseball so it pains me to say that.

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