Brewers lodge complaint over hit batters

[Cobb]

ATLANTA -- Milwaukee Brewers manager Ken Macha says he has complained to a baseball official about his batters being hit too often by pitches.

 

Macha says action needs to be taken to protect the Brewers, who have been hit by 47 pitches, the most in the majors.

 

Macha says he spoke with Bruce Froemming, a former umpire and current special assistant for Major League Baseball's umpiring department.

 

Atlanta pitchers hit Prince Fielder in consecutive games on Friday and Saturday. On Fielder's first at-bat after hitting a homer Saturday night, Atlanta's Jonny Venters threw a pitch over Fielder's head. Venters was ejected after he hit Fielder on the next pitch.

 

Braves manager Bobby Cox spoke with Macha in private before Sunday's game but wouldn't comment on the discussion.

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Not sure why they would file a complaint considering MLB can't do anything about it.

[fish7718]

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Not sure why they would file a complaint considering MLB can't do anything about it.

Yes they can, they can monitor Braves pitchers a lot more closely in the future, esp in Brewers game and possibly good suspend them if they feel they were trying to hit them purposely

[Cobb]

Yes they can, they can monitor Braves pitchers a lot more closely in the future, esp in Brewers game and possibly good suspend them if they feel they were trying to hit them purposely

But MLB can't do anything about what happened over the weekend with Fielder getting hit.

[Phightins]

The Brewers will get nowhere with this. I did not see this game so I am talking out of my [expletive] here, but these "complaints about hit batters" are ridiculous, since 99.9% of the time it's impossible to know what is intentional and what isn't. It is part of the game.