Jose Offerman has Sparked a New Debate in Baseball
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by CLEBlogger
Jose Offerman was arrested and charged with assault for charging the mound with a baseball bat, breaking the pitchers finger, and knocking out the catcher. But this is cause for an interesting debate, if a bat is a weapon, then why isn’t a 90 mile an hour fastball? Sure the bat can severally injure, but a fastball to the head could easily kill you, we saw this a few weeks ago when the third base coach in the minor leagues was hit in the head with a line drive.
So the debate here is, if Offerman is in trouble, why not the pitcher, is it an acceptable thing in baseball to intentionally throw at hitter? And, I do not understand why the law is involved here, they aren’t involved with other baseball brawls where punches are thrown, baseball and its representatives usually take charge, but that hasn’t happened in this case. And don’t get me wrong I’m not at all for what Offerman did, its horrible, but the law shouldn’t be involved, and baseball should re think there consequences for pitchers who intentionally throw at hitters.
