N184 - Is It Just Me?

[brianp-beme]

Obviously he ignored a cardinal rule of all batters...do not let the crowd distract you while at the plate.

Brian

[phlflyer1]

He was too busy arguing with the ump about the previous pitch.

[Northviewcats]

You could have the first documented case of the quick pitch.

[Leon]

All great answers, guys. I think someone might have called his name. All these years of seeing this card and I never really noticed it.
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[bigfanNY]

I think he is looking ahead to 2022 in disbelief that the best player on one of the best teams in baseball history is not in the Hall of Fame... either that or he took the last pitch in the nuts..

[steve B]

That's what he gets for showboating after that long drive he got all the away home on.
It's a sport for adults, that gleeful dance has no place in it.

[D. Bergin]

That's not O'Neil. That's a really young Hughie Jennings taking yet another one for the team.

Fun fact. Hughie had 3 full seasons where he had more HBP's, then he had Walks.

He also has more career HBP's then he has Strikeouts.

Still might not be as impressive as Ron Hunt throwing his less then menacing plate presence in front of 50 pitches during a much harder throwing era in 1971.

[riggs336]

[QUOTE=brianp-beme;2202895]Obviously he ignored a cardinal rule of all batters...do not let the crowd distract you while at the plate.

Reminds me of something I read in "Ball Four".