Intentionally throwing at batters is dumb

During a recent broadcast, Royals announcer Rex Hudler decided to educate his sophomore co-worker, Jake Eisenberg, on the art of hitting batters. Rex declared to an incredulous Jake that it was important for pitchers to never admit that they hadn’t meant to hit the batter so that the batter would fear them more in their next at-bat.

This is an especially weird position for Rex to take since he once played in Japan where it is traditional for Japanese pitchers to doff their caps and bow in apology when they hit a batter.

Rex’s logic also falls apart if you consider the possible situations. In most situations, there would be no reason to intentionally hit a batter, so the batter is going to…