Welp,
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2975386
A pretty good article, but the best parts are the three videos on the right side. The last one is from this morning where Matt was talking over the phone to ESPN Hotlist. He explains the whole thing very well, and uses some awfully big words. He's a Beech, after all.
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http://www.connpost.com//ci_6631730?IADID=Search-www.connpost.com-www.connpost.com
This one is amazing. Apparently a good photographer with a good camera got a lot of pictures and the Connecticut Post put them in a slideshow. If you click through at the right speed is honestly like watching a video. ALSO, if you read the content of that article it is surreal. Offerman is denying that he hit anyone.
Yeah.
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http://www.connpost.com/elsberry/ci_6634596
http://www.connpost.com/sports/ci_6634597
Another couple of decent articles about their press conference at the field today.
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Here it is in plain language for everyone who is postulating that Matt hit Offerman intentionally. In fact, let's use bullet points:
- If Matt (or any other pitcher) retaliated by throwing at every batter who hit a home run off of them in the previous at bat, there would be around 500 times more ejections. Bombs happen - don't get bitter, get better.
- The first pitch was an off-speed pitch thrown for a strike. If you are looking to retaliate, you wouldn't really waste time getting ahead in the count with a difficult pitch. You throw a fastball in.
- If you want to make sure you peg a batter, you don't do it with a breaking ball (a cutter, or cut fastball in this case) at a tiny little body part like a calf. You throw a fastball at his ribs. There are plenty of reasons, but the foremost being that the fastball is the easiest to place.
- He told me he didn't.
A pretty good article, but the best parts are the three videos on the right side. The last one is from this morning where Matt was talking over the phone to ESPN Hotlist. He explains the whole thing very well, and uses some awfully big words. He's a Beech, after all.
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http://www.connpost.com//ci_6631730?IADID=Search-www.connpost.com-www.connpost.com
This one is amazing. Apparently a good photographer with a good camera got a lot of pictures and the Connecticut Post put them in a slideshow. If you click through at the right speed is honestly like watching a video. ALSO, if you read the content of that article it is surreal. Offerman is denying that he hit anyone.
Yeah.
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http://www.connpost.com/elsberry/ci_6634596
http://www.connpost.com/sports/ci_6634597
Another couple of decent articles about their press conference at the field today.
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Here it is in plain language for everyone who is postulating that Matt hit Offerman intentionally. In fact, let's use bullet points:
- If Matt (or any other pitcher) retaliated by throwing at every batter who hit a home run off of them in the previous at bat, there would be around 500 times more ejections. Bombs happen - don't get bitter, get better.
- The first pitch was an off-speed pitch thrown for a strike. If you are looking to retaliate, you wouldn't really waste time getting ahead in the count with a difficult pitch. You throw a fastball in.
- If you want to make sure you peg a batter, you don't do it with a breaking ball (a cutter, or cut fastball in this case) at a tiny little body part like a calf. You throw a fastball at his ribs. There are plenty of reasons, but the foremost being that the fastball is the easiest to place.
- He told me he didn't.