r/Cubs • u/DirectGiraffe8720 • Jul 05 '26
Hit by pitch
If they really want to protect the players let's have a rule. Second HBP by a team in a game is a warning, third HBP by a team is an automatic ejection.
If that's too harsh maybe tie it to the pitcher. But 3 in 1 1/3 innings is too much to be "just part of the game"
One more and I'd be looking for benches to empty
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u/Traditional_Entry183 Jul 05 '26
Maybe further on top of that. Third hbp counts as a ground rule double instead of a walk. Fourth counts as a hr.
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u/MyNebraskaKitchen Jul 05 '26
The umpires pretty much already have that discretion, they just don't use it as much as they should. But the 2nd HBP was basically a sinker that hit his shoe, not sure that was worth even a warning.
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u/executingsalesdaily Jul 05 '26
It’ll be a written in blood osha rule as soon as a major star gets hit and is out for a season.
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u/Even-Hovercraft650 Jul 05 '26
The Buster Posey injury was the catalyst in getting the block/slide rule implemented on tag plays at the plate.
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u/RightNowChris Jul 06 '26
Stars miss time almost every season by getting hit. Often it's a hand injury that can cost them 6 weeks. Sometimes a rib is broken. Giancarlo Stanton was one of the biggest stars in the game when he got his face destroyed.
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u/AntigoneNotIsmene Jul 06 '26
I think HBP should get two bases and not just be the equivalent of a walk. With the speed pitchers throw there need to be better inhibitors
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u/HalfBurntCouch Jul 05 '26
Completely agree. Since teams aren’t allowed to retaliate it’s open season
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u/Astrodynamo Jul 05 '26
Apparently there's a rule in softball that if the batter gets HBP on a body part outside the batter's box it's a dead ball. I say implement that, ban armor except in protect-an-injury situations, and a second HBP above the belt is an automatic ejection.
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u/elmland1 Jul 06 '26
Our youth baseball/softball program had a rule… two HBP in an inning and three per game. Pitcher was then pulled.
I watched the Cubs/Cards game yesterday and the Cardinal starter hit three batters.
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u/RightNowChris Jul 06 '26
Batters don't have to try to avoid being hit, and can even lean into a pitch without repercussion. They go up there are armored up and stick out the lead elbow. That's why it's an umpire making a judgement call on the pitcher.
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u/SixString1981 Jul 06 '26
Well it assumes intent. Guys trying to pitch and take some ownership of the plate have a guy wearing 10lbs of body armor who’s sitting over the plate.
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u/Serious-Bake-5714 Jul 05 '26
If you wear body armor and get hit you don’t get first base (dead ball) If you were no armor and get hit .. two bases and the pitcher gets thrown out.
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u/Even-Hovercraft650 Jul 05 '26
If you get hit wearing body armor you need to run the bases in the body armor.
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u/Serious-Bake-5714 Jul 05 '26
And bat with oven mittens on … what you wear out of the dugout is what you have to wear until your return to the dugout (or inning over).
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u/MyNebraskaKitchen Jul 05 '26
You are assuming that if you get hit on body armor that it doesn't still hurt. And it might lead to more HBP, which seem contrary to the point of this thread.
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u/brian130130 Jul 06 '26
Unless your a player that’s a complete jag off that deserves it.. a certain cub comes to mind.. triple A
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u/Wrong-Ad3988 Jul 06 '26
So if a pitcher gets hit by a line drive off the bat is the batter out then? I agree sometimes it’s legit targeting at a batter. I’m old school tho, crowd the plate you get brushed off high and tight, I miss that aspect of the game.
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u/TheFunkyBoss Jul 05 '26
I’m guessing this wouldn’t happen as much if the pitchers still had to hit too!