| I think the players should be allowed to take care of the brushback pitch instead of the umpires. |
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| After all, Martin reasoned, such retaliation is a commonplace of baseball, with brushback rhubarbs happening almost weekly every season. |
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| The armor has removed much of the fear factor that made the brushback pitch an effective weapon. |
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| In baseball, players used to legislate brushback pitches and there was a code of conduct. |
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| One of Adcock's more memorable eruptions after a brushback pitch was to chase a terrified pitcher Ruben Gomez of the San Francisco Giants off the field. |
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| At the plate, he stepped back from a brushback pitch, worked the count to ball four, and trotted to first. |
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| This brought a smile to Robbins' face, and her good-natured retort indicated a brushback pitch would be a more likely scenario. |
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