Talk:A double standard?/@comment-101784-20060410164830

I was at the game and I think you are a little off. The thing about Pedro is that he wasn&quot;t trying to hit anyone. The fact that he hit Guillen twice is no great surprise. Guillen crowds the plate and does not move on an inside pitch. Any pitcher needs to pitch inside and Pedro is no excpetion. None of Pedro&quot;s hits batsmen were following a big hit or in retaliation for an opposing player to be hit or head hunting pitches. Guillen, a known hot head simply over reacted to being hit. Pedro is not going to stop pitching inside regardless of where Guillen sets up. Pedro&quot;s view is rightfully if Guillen sets up there he runs the risk of getting hit with a fastball. As for Sanchez, he hit someone in a relatively close game on a 2 strike pitch. As for Rodriguez he hit someone after the game had been blown open and with pretty obvious intent. As for Frank Robsinson, any other manager would have been thrown out the first time he stayed ont he field and argued delaying the game for 10 minutes. I have no sympathy because his reputation/elder statesman status bought him too much time anyway. Finally, your 4-1 stat is meaningless. There are lies, dan lies and statistics. The Mets hit 4 players but every one of them was or at least seemed unintentional. The Nats hit one batter and it was or at least seemed intentional. that is the story!