The discourse out there about Mike Trout getting hit this weekend (mostly from Angels fans) is so ridiculous

i think mike just doesn’t want to get hit lol you can throw up & in & not hit the batter, happens all the time 🤷‍♀️ i don’t think it’s anything personal against seattle but idk. this feels so blown out of proportion

If you can’t throw up and in, don’t throw up and in.

I mean if you can’t hit your fast ball up and in consistently without hitting the batter, you prolly shouldn’t be throwing it.

If you can’t throw up and in, it’s not an accident if you keep doing it, and it may or may not hurt the player. Is inept, it’s incompetence at best. What’s worse is you’re making excuses for it. Do better but it’s getting really hard to expect that from a mariners fan on X.

“He crowds the plate” lol 😂 girl doesn’t know ball

Angel fans are obnoxious but I’m with them on this.

Saying Mike Trout crowds the plate when he isn’t even in the top 50 closest to the plate is hilarious. I get that you’re salty cuz ur franchise is ringless and cuz Trout owns you but don’t expect a fanbase to not be frustrated when you hit their superstar twice high and in.

It’s weird you say nobody wants to see him get hurt yet Mariners pitchers seem to hit Angels hitters more than any other team hits anyone… Also don’t shame Rendon for THE ONE GOOD GAME THE DUDE HAD WITH THIS TEAM 😂😂

Yall js fucking mad you guys lost the series suck a dick

Angels are just losers. All washed players that were good 5-10 years ago

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Listening to you talk has killed more of my brain cells then any of the concussions I have suffered from.

If you hit their best player….heads up. Cal will wear it. It’s a big boy league. Grow up.

@tybuttrey_ Shut up bro.

The only way to stop it from happening to your top guy is to do it to the other team’s top guy. That’s the way the game was policed for years. It did work, but there are clear downsides as we all know. But if we keep doing the “it’s the batter’s fault actually” it’s going to make a comeback

You lost all credibility by comparing 95 up and in to throwing sliders away. Yeah. One can seriously hurt someone.

This guy has obviously never played ball at a high level. 1 trout is in the box not crowding the plate. 2 the balls coming so fast almost everybody check swings when they take just to make up their mind cause it’s .68 of a second. 3 when you start swinging you’re hands go

I realize most Mariners fans just started watching baseball about two years ago but my god y’all have some of the most brain dead reductive takes I’ve ever heard.

Small minds are unable to look beyond intent. You’re still culpable even if you ‘accidentally’ hit someone with your car.

It was a simple “hey maybe control it better” comment and mariners fans (who apparently exist) blew it out of proportion

@tybuttrey_ You run a mariners pod - do you really think you’re the one to call things ridiculous? What do you even talk about? That one time you lost a game 7 and almost went to a World Series? Poverty franchise and dog shit fans

It’s not the first time buddy , watch the games bro

Trout threw his hands at that pitch lmao and Buttery is a fucking joke

Angels should absolutely drill someone for that. You protect your players.

Fck the mariners 🤣

Trouts response was spot on. If you have poor control going up and in, don’t do it. Doesn’t matter who’s in the box.

Bad take, what player isn’t gonna get mad when he keeps getting busted inside and easily could’ve had a broken hand because of it? If the shoe was on the other foot Mariners fans would be pissed too.

Oh my... Name calling then blocked.

Horrible take, if it’s preventable to hit an injury prone guy twice in one series you should do everything you can not to hit him

Slider low and away isn’t gonna put someone on the IL. You know that’s a bad example.

Just reposting this graph from a different post in case upset Angels fans missed the first one.

Mariners are a poverty franchise. Can’t win the WS so they want to injure other players.

Hey you sound gay stfu