If you let the ball hit you ...tie game lol

Lol why did he moved 

Athletes aren't the brightest

@Stryc9Nine

 Lol

Think they have to move or try to dodge it - if it's shown that they stay still to let themselves get hit it doesn't count as a HBP and no base rewarded.

@iDShaDoW

 That is not accurate. The batter has a right to his area in the box. He is not allowed to lean into a pitch, but he could have stood his ground on that pitch. That pitch was so far in, he would have been awarded the base. 

@iDShaDoW

 Incorrect

Brice Turang cost his team the game. All he had to do was stand his ground and let the 25 mile an hour breaking ball hit him. It was so far inside, he'd have been awarded first base. He looks at a strike right down the middle of the plate but swings at a ball five feet over his head. Nice at bat. This is all against a stiff reliever Blake Treinen.

God you guys are morons. Its called instinct, its just human instinct to get out of the way when a ball is coming towards you. Noone walks to the plate with the "hey let a ball hit you if you think its gonna hit you" mindset, that'd take bandwith away from the actual at bat

The more I read this site the more I wanna be a bookie, you guys are just morons seriously

@Carpinteria

 Incorrect. In high school our leadoff hitter would stick his elbow into anything inside. This is before all the body armor they wear. Real men “Take one for the team”. Where tf did you think that expression came from?

Origin: The idiom originates from a baseball player deliberately getting hit by a pitch (“taking one”) so the batter can advance to first base, a selfless act for the team's gain.

This thread made me dumber. Instinct is correct. In split second, natural instinct is to get out of danger. Listening to wannabes athletes talk about athletic anything is outrageous to read.

@JerBear24

 I played for B2B JUCO World Series Champs. I know guys who made millions playing baseball,  guys who have MLB World Series Rings. But I sure don’t know anything about baseball. 

I totally get what youre saying but cleanup hitters in the mlb arent focused on taking one for the team like a scrappy high school leadoff hitter is. 

Its the "omg what an idiot why'd he move" logic that I find totally moronic. Its instinct plus, again, taking one for the team just isnt in the thought process for a cleanup hitter like a high school leadoff hitter. 

google  Ron Hunt...

It’s called situational awareness.  

Professional Athletes typically have it.

@Carpinteria

 Google...Don Baylor 

@Carpinteria ... It may not be high on his thought process list ...BUT with the bases loaded... two outs ..down one... IT HAS TO BE SOMEWHERE on that list... As the poster above said... Situational awareness... Then to swing at a 2-2 pitch that was high right out of his hand doubles down on that..

I hope this phuck apologized to his teammates and he should publicly apologize to the Brewer's fans. He was able to say "That's just how it is" and "You move on". He helped cost his team the game because he has no situational awareness and lacks basic fundamentals like a lot of today's athletes in all sports.

Idiots that don't have instincts that are calling it instinct. 

Well if he truly had instincts, he should know that wasn't a 100 mph fastball. 

But obviously people that are smarter have better instincts... 

In that situation with two outs, he should be thinking how can I get the tying run in from third base? He's facing a complete busher in Blake Treinen who has absolutely no idea where the ball is going to go when it leaves his hand. A wild pitch, passed ball and (shockingly) get hit by a 5 mph breaking ball.

No, instead he takes a meatball right down the middle of the plate for a strike. Then jumps out of the way of a breaking ball that couldn't go through tissue paper. To finish off that productive at bat, he swings at a pitch a foot over his head.

@legguy69

 Well that's "his" instinct lol

he could hit.....

Hunt not that good but loved to get hit....

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery............................And today is ALL that matters!!

That being said it was a learning lesson for Turang .. Not as much as  letting ball hit him but for me a worse mistake was the high fastball he swung  at... He knew he was getting a fastball !00% at a 2-2 count no way pitcher  wanted to go 3-2..but could not hold his water at a pitch that was high right out of the pitchers hand.. I see a bounce back for Turang and the Brewers tonight..