AJ hit by pitch?

[PeavyTime]

http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/video/play...71&c_id=cws

 

Hawk and Stoney claim the ball didn't hit AJ. All of my friends were texting me last night saying they love AJ for faking it. Last night I thought it hit him and after watching the video a few times, I still think it hit him.

 

Thoughts?

[Balta1701]

If it hit him, it barely clipped the top of his shoe; the impact was on the dirt between his feet.

[BigSqwert]

This thread makes me realize how I miss the catch-all thread.

[PeavyTime]

This thread makes me realize how I miss the catch-all thread.

 

This post makes me realize how I didn't miss you.

[knightni]

I thought that it was hilarious.

 

you could tell that it was borderline and AJ was using his WWE skills to get on base.

[BigSqwert]

This post makes me realize how I didn't miss you.

[earthshiner]

yeah that def hit him. the ball kicks a little back towards the plate then hits the dirt. It was a graze but it hit him

[Steve9347]

AJ is the man.

[PeavyTime]

 

I'm an electrician?

[3E8]

No, you're a melancholy Asian electrician

[chw42]

No, you're a melancholy Asian electrician

 

Who will not be paid in gum...xD

[sayitaintso]

I don't think that it hit AJ at all, but i do love his acting abilities. Gotta love AJ at his finest.

[ScottyDo]

If it missed, it wasn't by enough that I could see any separation, sooooo...whatever, close enough!

[ChiliIrishHammock24]

I like how the title of the video is "AJ Pierzynski is awarded 1st base by umpire". Haha. Don't want to trust the umpire's call of him being HBP, mlb.com?

[Knackattack]

Looks like it missed him clearly to me, lol.

[kwolf68]

 

AJ is smart...he's heady....he's clever...thats being a baseball player.

 

AJ didn't put a gun to anyone's head to go to first base. He worked himself on base anyway he could. This is no different than Reggie Jackson allowing himself to be hit on the basepaths during the World Series back in the late 70s.

 

Baseball is a game of trickery and AJ is the master.

[Rooftop Shots]

It DEFINATELY did not hit him. On the MLB network they showed a replay from an overhead cam, and it CLEARLY did not touch AJ.

It's so amazing how he gets involved in so many different types of these scenarios. He sure makes things entertaining.

[bighurt4life]

It DEFINATELY did not hit him. On the MLB network they showed a replay from an overhead cam, and it CLEARLY did not touch AJ.

I was watching the game live and it appeared that the ball did graze his shoe top. It doesn't have to blast his foot, just has to touch part of his uniform, this includes the top of his shoe laces if need be. Contact with the ball on any part of a player's body or uniform, even the slightest of touches, is considered a HBP.

[SouthsideDon48]

To me, it hoenstly looks like the ball slightly grazed the tip of AJ shoe by a hair the same moment it hit the ground.

 

AJ probably reacted in anticipation of feeling a busted toe and winced, but when he noticed his foot was fine, he kept on with the act and continued to pretend the ball hit him more than it did.

 

Simply put,... AJ is awesome.