So apparently I completely missed that Dellin Betances got nothing for hitting McCann. How in the hell is the league as a whole not now throwing a fit that Mike Fiers gets five games for a ball that was slow and not even in the vicinity of Valbuena?

Given that the player who got nothing is a Yankee and the one who did is not and the individual deciding the punishment is a legendary Yankee, that sure as hell creates, at a minimum, the appearance of impropriety. You know, what got Joe West suspended because he made a joke?

And allowing the argument that it was a close game so Betances couldn't have been trying to hit him when someone got drilled in the head with a 100 mph fastball is absurd. That certainly didn't play for Matt Bush last year when he hit Bautista. I don't believe Betances intended to hit McCann in the head, but no thinking individual could possibly believe that wasn't intentional.

Lucky #007 said:

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I don't believe Betances intended to hit McCann in the head,

but no thinking individual could possibly believe that wasn't intentional.

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Did you just say that you are not a thinking individual?

Ha. I should have been more clear. The bean ball was intentional but not the placement.

I actually think he was headhunting. And MLB and Joe Torre are tools. Betances should have gotten 15 games at a minimum.

Meh
The only thing i'm upset about is that fiers suspension wasnt longer

I don't care about Fiers at all. I do care about the disparity between the two given who made the decision.

Head hunting with a 100 MPH fastball would make him evil. No two ways about it. I just don't think he's that guy.

What was it about Fiers pitch that made it look so goofy? Looks like he was trying to throw a gyroball at him.