When I read about Clayton Kershaw's ejection against the Arizona Diamondbacks and later saw it on ESPN, my initial reaction was "You have got to be kidding me...."
First of all, he hit him on the arm. He was pitching inside. If you take the inside part of the plate away from any pitcher, you might as well turn it into batting practice. He had piched him on the outside in his last at bat and he doubled.
The umpires needed to have a better grasp of the situation. Its the top of the 6th inning in a close ball game, why would Kershaw want to put a runner on base in a game he was winning just to make a statement. He was going after his 19th win which luckily he had stayed around long enough to get. Its not like he threw at his head or behind his head, he pitched him inside and he hit him on the arm.
The Diamondbacks wanted Kershaw out of the game any way they could. Their reaction was predictable. What I am curious about is the reaction or lack of reaction from Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson. He was a hardnosed player back in his playing days and he brought a football mentality to the diamond every game. He really had nothing to say about it because it should have been a non-issue. It was baseball.
What Parra did against a struggling Kuo was about as bush league as it gets. Go ahead and admire your homerun but expect to get it stuck in your ear your next at bat against the Dodgers. Don Drysdale wouldn't have hesitated.
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