Ledezma hitting Conor Jackson

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Ledezma plunks Conor Jackson for swinging too hard.
Published 4/26/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Ledezma plunks Conor Jackson for swinging too hard. Post game host on Channel 4, Bob Scanlan got real fired up talking about Ledezma hitting Conor Jackson in the ribs after he swung so hard that he fell to his knees in the previous pitch. “Can you swing any harder than that? Come on now. You can’t be swinging hard like that. A message has got to be sent and Wil Ledezma does it.” Ledezma hits Jackson in the ribs with the next pitch. “Wear that! I’m not for hurting people but at the same time you cannot have batters standing in that batters box swinging as hard as they ...

Ledezmalocks and the Three Hitters
Published 4/26/2008 by Voros at Baseball Digest Daily
... was on the pitcher's mound in Petco. Ledezmalocks favorite thing in the whole wide world was pitching. So he threw a pitch to the first hitter. But this hitter swung too soft. "I don't like this one bit," said Ledezmalocks. "I'll teach him to bunt off me!! I had a no hitter going!" The next time Ledezmalocks faced the hitter, he threw a 96 MPH fastball into the small of his back. "That'll teach you!" exclaimed Ledezmalocks. So Ledezmalocks tried the next hitter. But this hitter swung too hard . "You can't be swinging hard like that!!" screams Ledezmalocks. "Wear this!!" yelled ...

The Most Confusing Baseball Etiquette Lecture In Recent Memory
Published 4/26/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... I would not want get this guy started on, for instance, the matter of bunting to break up a no-hitter.  But seriously, if the Padres are truly concerned about the opposition teeing off, might it not be slightly insane to ...

Gameday Thread, #24: 4/26 vs. Padres
Published 4/26/2008 by Jim McLennan at AZ Snakepit: Front Page Posts
... Conor Jackson got hit by the Padres, something which the Padres post-game host, Bob Scanlan, strongly approved: "You've got to send a message, not just to Conor Jackson but to that entire Arizona Diamondback ball club.  You want to swing hard like that?  Do it against the Dodgers.  Do it against the Giants.  Go ahead and swing like that against the Colorado Rockies, but you aren't going to do it here against the San Diego Padres here in Petco Park." O RLY? It's nice to see the Padres still appear to enjoy Neanderthal baseball. We'll just continue to win: only ...

Bob Scanlan Wants You to 'Wear That'
Published 4/26/2008 by Eamonn Brennan at FanHouse
... Phoenix, Diamondbacks, Padres, NL West, San DiegoIn the strange realm of unwritten baseball rules, this is a new one: Apparently, if a batter swings "too hard," -- "too hard" being relative, I assume -- said batter gets a shot straight to his guts, or a high-and-tight fastball to wake him up. Such is the saga of Conor Jackson, who swung so hard last night he fell out of his stance. Pitcher Wil Ledezma delivered the message, and Padres broadcaster Bob Scanlan loved it (via BBTF): Ledezma hits Jackson in ...