I can't believe they suspended Joba. It's absurd. How many freaking times have the Yankees been hit? I would bet that ARod and Jeter alone have been hit more than other entire teams! I don't remember any pitchers being suspended for that! And we've had both Clemens and Joba suspended. Ridiculous. And Joba wasn't even warned!
The good news is that they're currently winning 7-2 in the bottom of the 4th!
Edit: Speaking of which, they just hit Jeter and the announcer said that he's been hit 12 times this season.
FYI As of Friday 8/31/07
Rank Player HBP 1 Aaron Rowand 18 Chase Utley 18 3 Alex Rodriguez 17 David DeJesus 17 Ryan Garko 17 6 Jose Guillen 15 Josh Willingham15 8 Grady Sizemore 14 9 Aaron Boone 13 Kevin Youkilis 13 Prince Fielder 13 12 Alex Gordon 12 Rickie Weeks 12 14 Derek Jeter 11 Brandon Phillips 11 Carlos Quentin 11 17 Casey Blake 10 Austin Kearns 10 Edwin Encarnacion 10 Corey Hart 10 Dan Uggla 10 22 Geoff Jenkins 9 Alex Cora 9 Xavier Nady 9 Brandon Inge 9 David Eckstein 9 Victor Martinez 9 Mark Ellis 9 John Buck 9 Luis Terrero 9 Kenji Johjima 9
Rank Team HBP 1 Kansas City 78 2 Philadelphia 74 3 Cleveland 71 4 Florida 68 5 Milwaukee 62 6 NY Yankees 60 7 Pittsburgh 58 8 Boston 55 9 Cincinnati 55 10 Seattle 52 11 Arizona 48 12 Chicago Sox 47 13 Houston 46 14 Washington 44 15 St. Louis 44 16 Oakland 43 17 Tampa Bay 43 18 Atlanta 42 19 Detroit 41 20 San Diego 41 21 Colorado 41 22 Minnesota 40 23 Texas 40 24 Baltimore 39 25 NY Mets 39 26 Toronto 36 27 LA Dodgers 36 28 San Francisco 34 29 LA Angels 29 30 Chicago Cubs 26 LEAGUE AVERAGES HBP American League 48 National League 47 Major League Baseball 48
I don't have time but to get a true picture of whetehr or not a -team is geting beaned anymore than "normal", we need to compare the HBP by the total plate appearances
