Ledezma plunks Conor Jackson in ribs

by jbox on Apr 25, 2008 10:25 PM PDT Comment 65 comments

Post game host on Channel 4, Bob Scanlan got real fired up talking about Ledezma hitting Conor Jackson in the ribs after he swung so hard that he fell to his knees in the previous pitch.

Conor Jackson has been absolutely tearing the Padres apart, hitting .571 coming into the game against them.

Conor Jackson swings so hard that he falls to his knees.

Can you swing any harder than that? Come on now. You can't be swinging hard like that. A message has got to be sent and Wil Ledezma does it.

Ledezma hits Jackson in the ribs with the next pitch.

Wear that! I'm not for hurting people but at the same time you cannot have batters standing in that batters box swinging as hard as they possibly can and think that you aren't going to send a message.

Good job by Wil Ledezma, I'm not for hurting guys, but that was not dirty baseball right there.He came in, he wasn't head hunting, he went right for the ribs. You know what? You don't like it Conor? You know where to find me!

You've got to send a message, not just to Conor Jackson but to that entire Arizona Diamondback ball club. You want to swing hard like that? Do it against the Dodgers. Do it against the Giants. Go ahead and swing like that against the Colorado Rockies, but you aren't going to do it here against the San Diego Padres here in Petco Park. Well done Wil Ledezma.

Scanlan goes on to compliment Bob Melvin for keeping his guys under control and not letting them light a spark underneath the Padres, by retaliating.

You can tell Scanlan is still a competitor. He's more fired up then the entire Padres roster. His speech was the most entertaining part of the entire broadcast. I was a big Scanlan fan before and this just cements it into place.

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I like me some BScan too.

I have a bunch of his baseball cards. Maybe he’ll mosey on over and give us some more insight.

Well Padres, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

by sdsuaztec4 on Apr 25, 2008 10:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Good on Ledezma! Not in our house!

If anything happens at tomorrows game I’ll post a full report.

by sqrunt on Apr 25, 2008 11:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Same thing should've happened to Owings

The opponent sends up tomorrows starting pitcher, you gotta hit him. That’s what Drysdale and Gibson would’ve done.

I watched all 23 innings and all I got was this lousy signature.

by Wonko on Apr 25, 2008 11:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Bad idea.

Woulda cleared the benches. Micah’s not your usual pitcher.

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 25, 2008 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Way to stay classy

San diego!

Nothing like taking the high road.

by unnamedDBacksfan on Apr 27, 2008 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

No offense,

but this is just stupid.

If you’ve got a problem with their swing, sack up and score some runs to show them how it’s really done. Failing that, just get him out.

What’s next – Padres pitchers start throwing at second basemen for turning double plays?

by dahlian on Apr 25, 2008 11:23 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

I wonder if it might work to “accidentally” hit a runner with your pick-off move, to get revenge for his getting a hit in the first place.

"It's such a fine line between stupid and clever."

by kishi on Apr 25, 2008 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You zonies are so clever and witty.

Well Padres, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

by sdsuaztec4 on Apr 25, 2008 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe we should

bean Peavy since he throws too hard off the mound?

But why sink to your level of idiocy?

by unnamedDBacksfan on Apr 27, 2008 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thank you Mr. Selig

I’m pretty sure this is the type of thing baseball players have been doing for over 100 years. I realize that this is only your tenth season of baseball ever, so I forgive you.

Well Padres, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

by sdsuaztec4 on Apr 25, 2008 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll see your age of franchise joke,

and raise you a World Series win joke….

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 26, 2008 12:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Don't get me started on that.

Just thank Mr. Commish for that WS win and let’s be on our ways.

Well Padres, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

by sdsuaztec4 on Apr 26, 2008 12:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is the point

where I laugh and offer you a beer.

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 26, 2008 12:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Haha.

Want a beer?

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 26, 2008 12:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

yes

Well Padres, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

by sdsuaztec4 on Apr 26, 2008 12:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll

even make it a Stone brew, so as to not offend the home team.

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 26, 2008 1:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

my question is

we hit Conor Jackson…. yet we didn’t hit Valverde in his face when we had the rare opportunity

bad form!

Friendship's more lasting than love, and more legal than stalking.

by C8LIN B on Apr 25, 2008 11:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

That's alright

We’ll just continue to beat the hell out of your team and you keep throwing pitches at our players.

by Coby DuBose on Apr 26, 2008 8:52 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Haha

You guys have a good April and you already act like Red Sox fans.

by osbug on Apr 26, 2008 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Dude, belt’s here, and that was WELL under it.

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 26, 2008 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

Maybe that was a bit harsh. Would Phillies fans be more appropriate?

by osbug on Apr 26, 2008 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well

I would object in that we haven’t started booing Santa Claus or throwing snowballs with batteries. But, if it’s either that or Red Sox fans, I’ll take the Phillies.

Hmm. Kinda harsh for a guy who used to live outside Boston and saw his first major league game at Fenway….

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 26, 2008 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

How was your last October?

Oh, I forgot. You guys didn’t HAVE one. :-)

by AZ Snakepit on Apr 26, 2008 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah we did...

but I’d rather not remember it

by CurbEnthusiasm on Apr 26, 2008 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

We ran into

God’s Team a little earlier than you did. How did that series against them go for you?

by osbug on Apr 26, 2008 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well

niether of our teams are named “Red Sox” so we did just as well as your team….

Well Padres, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

by sdsuaztec4 on Apr 26, 2008 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Am I crazy here?

I don’t think he even hit Jackson in the ribs. I could have sworn he hit him on the elbow, but I was kind of tired.

by osbug on Apr 26, 2008 9:25 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, it was the elbow, actually.

Originally I was worried that it was the wrist.

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 26, 2008 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't get it.

Why punish a player for swinging hard? Was he really trying to show us up? It’s not like he stopped to watch his home run, right? Is there some literature on this?

"If baseball is about beer and offense, then this is a lousy time to be a Padres fan." -- Geoff Young

by TheGrandHatching on Apr 26, 2008 10:20 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Like most unwritten rules in baseball

I think it’s a sign of disrespect. A batter feels so comfortable in the box that he can dive at a pitch and swing so hard that he falls down. The pitcher then pitches inside to show the batter why he shouldn’t dive at a pitch.

by jbox on Apr 26, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It should be interesting to see

If there is any retaliation today.

by osbug on Apr 26, 2008 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Micah Owings is starting today.

Last year, he led the league in hit batters. If it does happen, and it probably will, it won’t be retaliation.

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 26, 2008 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well

to be fair, the last time a Dback swung so hard at a pitch that he fell down, it was Justin Upton, and the very next pitch, he hit a home run off Jeff Francis.

Granted, that’s Jeff Francis….

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 26, 2008 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm curious,

were you actually able to type this post with a straight face?

Look, as has been noted elsewhere (but not here for some reason), the pitch probably wasn’t retaliation for the hard swing so much as retaliation for Randy hitting Huber a couple innings earlier. While I don’t think retaliation should belong in this game, I think Randy plunking Huber for hitting a home run off of him is infinitely more douchey than hitting someone to stick up for you teammate.

That being said, the notion that a pitcher should throw at a hitter because a hard swing is evidence of disrespect is simply absurd. I don’t understand why someone would defend that. Are you showing disrespect to the hitter by throwing three sliders in the dirt in a row when you know he’s going to swing at them?

by dahlian on Apr 26, 2008 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ummm...

Are you showing disrespect to the hitter by throwing three sliders in the dirt in a row when you know he’s going to swing at them?

Actually, I would say yeah, you are. You are sending the message that you think he is stupid enough to swing at three sliders in the dirt in a row. That’s not showing him much respect as a hitter.

by osbug on Apr 26, 2008 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tradition

Have you no appreciation for baseball’s traditional unwritten rules? You probably think sharpening spikes isn’t cool. You need one right in the earhole to wake you up. Here’s something that does not violate baseball’s unwritten rules: Ben Davis trying to bunt for a single when an AZ pitcher has a no-hitter going.

by Enzo Hernandez on Apr 26, 2008 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Um....

when it’s 5 outs from being a perfect game, laying down a bunt is a TOTAL violation of the unwritten rules…..

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 26, 2008 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Um...

When it is a 2-0 game, why wouldn’t you do anything you can to get some runs up? Bunts are a perfectly legit way of getting on base, and it rattled Schilling. SCHILLING?!!?

by osbug on Apr 26, 2008 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's a really cheap way of trying to break up the PG.

Earlier in the game, fine. But not with 1 out in the 8th. You wanna get on-base? You EARN it.

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 26, 2008 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

So you are saying

That laying down a bunt and catching the opposing defense off guard is not earning your way on? Is squeeze bunting not EARNING your run?

by osbug on Apr 26, 2008 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oops

hit post too soon. Last time I checked, laying down a bunt is not a guaranteed way of getting on base.

by osbug on Apr 26, 2008 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is true.

It’s STILL a cheap way to go about it, and you know that you’d feel the exact same way if Chris Black Young did it to break up a Peavy PG.

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 26, 2008 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ben Davis is tops in my book

Suck it AZ pitcher!!

by sqrunt on Apr 26, 2008 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Now I'm having trouble keeping a straight face

your post is very comical.

by jbox on Apr 26, 2008 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

As is

your site here

by unnamedDBacksfan on Apr 27, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

We need bscan

to come in here and take some names.

Well Padres, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

by sdsuaztec4 on Apr 26, 2008 11:42 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

So much for

any attempt I may have made to broker a ceasefire. :-\

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 26, 2008 11:46 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Go back to AZ Snakepit

and take your friends with you, it’s very simple. I’m not sure how many times I have to ask you.

by jbox on Apr 26, 2008 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Check the record.

I didn’t start this. Dahlian did.

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 26, 2008 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

One of your cronies

Well Padres, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

by sdsuaztec4 on Apr 26, 2008 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Actually

I fight with dahlian more than any other ‘Pitter.

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 26, 2008 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dahlian’s less a crony, more of a loose cannon.

I, myself, am more of a comrade-in-arms.

"It's such a fine line between stupid and clever."

by kishi on Apr 26, 2008 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nice

A little Snakepit on Snakepit crime. (Sort of. Not really. But sort of.) I like it.

by Winfield's Ghost on Apr 27, 2008 7:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm sorry,

I just saw an issue that was being discussed here and thought I would throw my two cents in. I don’t see where in this thread I started to engage in team-based trolling.

If you don’t want to get in a conversation the merits of revenge plunking with someone just because they root for a different team then wow, just wow.

by dahlian on Apr 26, 2008 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

If you don't like it, go watch the NBA.

This is hardball people. If pretty-boy can’t be alert enough to recognize a brush-back pitch, here’s some Tylenol.

The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.

by Axion on Apr 26, 2008 11:49 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Well,

I can only assume that you won’t say anything when Micah hits someone today, or when the Dbacks try to run up the score.

Still, I’m not entirely convinced that it WAS intentional….

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 26, 2008 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You can't count on it.

And I surely wouldn’t have the trollish demeanor to come to your blog and cry about it either. Like we had walky-taklies and told him to do it…

The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.

by Axion on Apr 26, 2008 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, you can come to our blog and cry about it.

We have a different way of doing things at the SnakePit. Feel free to come over and gloat if you guys take the lead at all today.

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 26, 2008 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't do that.

I also don’t come try to raining on the last place team’s parade when we are in first. Go ahead and check my post history for the last four years.

I don’t even give that site the courtesy my hits from my IP. Oops, I probably just gave away my Brazilian mystery…

The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.

by Axion on Apr 26, 2008 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree with you

in that I am not sure it even was intentional.

by osbug on Apr 26, 2008 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think

if it had been intentional, they would have plunked Reynolds, since he hit the homer. That would be fair retaliation for RJ hitting Huber.

Poor CoJack, though…. he’s already been hit 3x by the fucking Dodgers.

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 26, 2008 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

can* -new kyb

The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.

by Axion on Apr 26, 2008 11:57 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Let me know when the trolls clear out of here

I’ll pop in later to see how it’s going.

"If baseball is about beer and offense, then this is a lousy time to be a Padres fan." -- Geoff Young

by TheGrandHatching on Apr 26, 2008 11:59 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs

I got an extra supply of some DDT

stay clear until the fumes dissapate.

Well Padres, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

by sdsuaztec4 on Apr 26, 2008 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

I really dont get,

these guys sense of entitlement. Go put on a purple and teal throwback jersey with no sleeves and get into a car crash please.

by soulSD on Apr 26, 2008 12:24 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

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