Last night ARod was hit by Dempster the first time he came up.
If it was intentional, and it clearly appeared it was, that is just wrong. A person can despise ARod, think he is a cheat, a disgrace to baseball,etc, but its not right to throw at him for that reason. People, including baseball players, may not like it but the players union agreed to a process in which a player can appeal his suspension and continue to play. People may not like it and wish ARod was gone, but that is the rule and people have to live with it. Demptster or Lackey or any player has the right to say anything they want about ARod, but not throw at him. If that sort of thing is allowed then pitchers could start throwing at people because they don't like their politics, their religion or lack of it. And virtually everyone who has seen the tape believes it was intentional. A major league pitcher doesn't throw a ball behind a hitter and then hit him a couple of pitches later when he isn't having that kind of control trouble with anyone else.