The Marlins hit Acuña again and Snitker gets ejected, a breakdown
What Happened
On August 21, 2019, the Marlins plunked Braves star Ronald Acuña Jr. in the first inning at SunTrust Park, the latest in a string of hit-by-pitches that traced back to 2018 when Miami drilled him during his rookie tear. Acuña was visibly annoyed, telling the catcher it was the third time he'd been hit. Home plate umpire issued warnings to both benches right away, which set Braves manager Brian Snitker off because the warning came with no ejection of the pitcher and tied his own hands for the rest of the game. Snitker argued that handing out warnings in the first inning forced his pitchers to think twice about throwing inside all night, and he got tossed for it.
Why This Matters
Warnings are baseball's blunt instrument. Once an umpire issues them, the next pitcher who throws inside risks an automatic ejection, even on an accidental brushback, which is exactly what Snitker was screaming about. His frustration was less about Acuña getting hit and more about losing the right to pitch inside for eight innings off one early decision. There was real backstory here too. Acuña had just been benched by Snitker days earlier for not hustling out of the box on a ball he assumed was a homer, so the manager going to war for him sent a message that the in-house squabble was over. The 2019 Braves were rolling toward an NL East title, and Acuña went on to finish the year with 41 homers and 37 steals, just shy of the 40-40 club at age 21.
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Who / What Is Involved
Players: Ronald Acuña Jr., Brian Snitker. Teams: Marlins.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentMarlon's at the Braves at Cunha steps in
for his first at-bat flashback to last
year when they drilled him cuz he was
going off then he hits a home run off
that pitcher and celebrates it then they
hit him again later on this one's
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twitter so there's some history here
some other history of cunha didn't
hustle out of the box on what he thought
was a home run and he got pulled by his
manager so the manager kind of threw him
under the bus a little bit gets hit
there and he's all no ID like come on
man come on I'm sorry come on go to
first it's like you don't get it
yeah they always hit me that's three
times that's three times dawg it's three
times I know I know you didn't mean to
just pitch it inside
that's three I know I know I know I know
it's [ __ ] annoying though I don't
like it
matting's like laughing wait he thinks
we hit him oh he hit him we suck he's
gonna go to first base as managers like
I got your back today I didn't have your
back the other day I was a little upset
with you but I got your back today um
gives him a warning
gives the team a warning gives the
Braves a warning and now Mattingly
doesn't get it he's like what are you
talking about he doesn't and snicker is
upset because he's like you can't give
us a warning for him getting hit that's
not fair I can't read his lips but you
think he's basically saying I just let
us play the game now we got to go the
whole game worried about hitting them
with fastballs that's horseshit
like in horseshoes let us play the game
it's a [ __ ] we get a warning now we
got a whole game worrying about throwing
fast balls inside because there's
warnings out and it's the first inning
I'm like what do you want me to do you
were upset because you thought you hit
it you're on purpose so I've acted I
thought I said he's like I didn't want
you do anything guys want to play the
game just want to play the game look at
a head and flick it koopa loop just look
at his lips this comes and throws him
out oh come on the [ __ ] you're gonna
throw me out just talking you gotta get
me so you gotta let me get something on
my [ __ ] chest
that's a funny line so can't I just vent
a little bit
it's so stupid that guys on the mound
throwing inside got to get him off the
goddamn mound something like that koopa
loop just licking his lips again like
I'm eavesdropping but I'm not listening
at all eavesdropping but not listening
at all Snickers pissed but he stuck up
for his guy who we benched the other day
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