Why did Hamels do it?

[Rainiers]

My guess is Harper had it coming...but lost in the media coverage is why Hamels threw at Harper. Did something happen earlier in the series?

[Money Men]

The Nats have been throwing at Utley for years. Maybe Hamels thought it was time to turn the tables.

[whipsaw]

The Nats have been throwing at Utley for years. Maybe Hamels thought it was time to turn the tables.

Considering Utley's historical HBP/PA, it would seem that Hamels has a lot of teams to exact revenge against.

[Money Men]

The Nats have been throwing at Utley for years. Maybe Hamels thought it was time to turn the tables.

There is a difference between throwing at a guy and hitting a guy. The Expos have been throwing at Utley - and at times Howard - for years. Lannan almost ended Utley's season in 2007.

The difference is the Phillies management handled it professionally, and the Expos GM decided to make an ass of out of herself. Next time a Phillies pitcher is thinking about throwing at an Expo, perhaps they should check where Rizzo is at in her cycle first.

In Rizzo's defense, perhaps she was watching the ESPN telecast, since they reacted like this was the first time in history a baseball player had ever been hit with a pitch.

[whipsaw]

The Nats have been throwing at Utley for years. Maybe Hamels thought it was time to turn the tables.

There is a difference between throwing at a guy and hitting a guy. The Expos have been throwing at Utley - and at times Howard - for years. Lannan almost ended Utley's season in 2007.

The difference is the Phillies management handled it professionally, and the Expos GM decided to make an ass of out of herself. Next time a Phillies pitcher is thinking about throwing at an Expo, perhaps they should check where Rizzo is at in her cycle first.

In Rizzo's defense, perhaps she was watching the ESPN telecast, since they reacted like this was the first time in history a baseball player had ever been hit with a pitch.

And let me just say, you are doing an excellent job continuing the tradition of class and respect that we all associate with Philly sports.

[Money Men]

[G1AZM]

I respect Hamels for having the balls to answer that way. Yes it was stupid because he should have known a suspension would follow, but he's also probably smart enough to know that it would be 5 games like they always are and it would only force him to be pushed back one whole day.

The farce was last year when Tony LaRussa lied through his teeth that Braun wasn't being thrown at when it took 2 pitches to hit him (the first one behind his back). LaRussa had done the same thing with Alex Gordon taking 2 pitches to hit him about a month before that. If baseball brass had any stones LaRussa would have gotten about 10 games last year for that crap, but since he lied about it, all was good.

[The Mighty Men]

The Nats have been throwing at Utley for years. Maybe Hamels thought it was time to turn the tables.

There is a difference between throwing at a guy and hitting a guy. The Expos have been throwing at Utley - and at times Howard - for years. Lannan almost ended Utley's season in 2007.

The difference is the Phillies management handled it professionally, and the Expos GM decided to make an ass of out of herself. Next time a Phillies pitcher is thinking about throwing at an Expo, perhaps they should check where Rizzo is at in her cycle first.

In Rizzo's defense, perhaps she was watching the ESPN telecast, since they reacted like this was the first time in history a baseball player had ever been hit with a pitch.

It would help your point if you got the team name right. Just sayin'.

[Money Men]

The Nats have been throwing at Utley for years. Maybe Hamels thought it was time to turn the tables.

There is a difference between throwing at a guy and hitting a guy. The Expos have been throwing at Utley - and at times Howard - for years. Lannan almost ended Utley's season in 2007.

The difference is the Phillies management handled it professionally, and the Expos GM decided to make an ass of out of herself. Next time a Phillies pitcher is thinking about throwing at an Expo, perhaps they should check where Rizzo is at in her cycle first.

In Rizzo's defense, perhaps she was watching the ESPN telecast, since they reacted like this was the first time in history a baseball player had ever been hit with a pitch.

It would help your point if you got the team name right. Just sayin'.

To my friends in the Great White North, they will always be the Expos.

Perhaps I was confused by the Expos-like attendance figures they have drawn this year. My apologies to Nots' fans everywhere.

[whipsaw]

I love the low attendance - makes it easier to get a ticket to watch them take 2 out of 3 against the Phillies!