In case you haven’t noticed, the Yankees are in position to make the playoffs.
And remember, it was the Tigers who started this mess.
The Tigers’ Michael Fulmer had hit Gary Sanchez. No action was taken, and no warnings were issued. (BTW, I hate the warning rule.)
Tommy Kahnle threw behind Miguel Cabrera. Didn’t hit him. Kahnle was ejected. Joe Girardi was furious that his pitcher had been ejected with no warnings having been issued. he came out and argued, and he was ejected.
Once the dust had seemingly settled, Aroldis Chapman was brought in to face Cabrera. Cabrera stepped in and began jawing at Yankees catcher Austin Romine, who jawed at him right back. Cabrera shoved Romine. They traded punches, and the benches cleared. Cabrera and Romine got ejected.
In the seventh, Tigers catcher James McCann was hit in the head by Yankees reliever Dellin Betances. McCann went down, but was OK. Betances was ejected. (If you’re hitting someone on purpose, you don’t hit him in the head. Umpires know that.) But they ejected Betances and bench coach Rob Thompson, who had taken over as manager on Girardi’s ejection.
In the eighth, Tigers pitcher Alex Wilson hit Todd Frazier (deliberately.) Benches cleared again.
Quite a ballgame, with many ejections. I’m not sure these umpires know what they’re doing.
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/250375468/benches-clear-in-yankees-tigers-finale/
http://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/mp4/2017/08/24/1765995183/1503605255047/asset_1800K.mp4
Remind me of the old Billy Martin days. Would go to Yankee Stadium just to watch Billy get thrown out. Great baseball!!
Pitchers most certainly have and do throw at a batter's head.