Lackey's special skill = plunking Derek Jeter

by plunkeveryone on Dec 15, 2009 7:30 AM EST

This is the all time leaderboard for hitting Derek Jeter with pitches:

Daisuke Matsuzaka, Matt Clement, Bronson Arroyo, Casey Fossum, Rich Garces, Kevin Appier, Denny Bautista, Erik Bedard, Chris Carpenter, Scott Downs, Kelvim Escobar, Chuck Finley, Danny Haren, Scott Kazmir, Rodrigo Lopez, Chuck McElroy, Aaron Myette, Joel Pineiro, David Riske - 2

Lackey hasn't hit anyone else more than twice, though he did become the Angels franchise leader in career plunks last season, with 73 - passing Chuck Finley.

I'm sure that's not the only reason for the signing though.

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Theo, it's all becoming clear!

USG

by Ben Buchanan on Dec 15, 2009 1:29 PM EST reply actions

More like Pedro than we thought?

I’d pay $ 185MM over five years for this.

Rock me, sexy Jesus...

by nuthinboutnuthin on Dec 15, 2009 7:51 PM EST reply actions

Pedro only hit Jeter once?

If I had to guess, I would’ve said five times.

Manny ain't the only bad man.

by tommy.otm on Dec 16, 2009 1:19 AM EST reply actions

I would have thought so, too...

Maybe the numbers are for the regular season only.

Anyway, Jeter getting plunked by pitches is nothing new. When he bats, he comes about as close to standing on the plate as a batter can without actually standing on the plate. He’s asking to get hit..

"Three-pointer from the parking lot...YES! The Golden Griff!"

by Dr. Dunkenstein on Dec 16, 2009 9:55 AM EST up reply actions

And he never moves out of the way.

"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.

by 0157H7 on Dec 16, 2009 2:58 PM EST up reply actions

which means he should be "out"

but the last Ice Age hadn’t started the last time the umpires enforced THAT rule …

(not to mention Youk stands awfully close as well)

by mmmmm on Dec 17, 2009 12:06 PM EST up reply actions

didn't it get enforced against Youk at some point this year?

I seem to remember something like that and being shocked.

by wolf9309 on Dec 17, 2009 12:18 PM EST up reply actions

Regular season only but...

Yes, the numbers are for the regular season only, but Jeter actually never got plunked by the Red Sox in the postseason. He has 5 postseason HBPs – from Greg Maddux, Schilling (with ARI), Braden Looper, Zito and Gil Heredia.

Pedro does have the postseason record for hitting Miguel Cairo 3 times in one series though. I think Jeter learned early on that Pedro’s pitches were ones he should get out of the way of. Most of the guys who get hit by a lot of pitches learn who not to get hit by.

by plunkeveryone on Dec 16, 2009 10:04 AM EST reply actions

Lackey realizes 1 base is better then all 4,and who says he's stupid?

by cashman bashman on Dec 17, 2009 1:49 PM EST reply actions

While we're on the subject,

How many times has Joba hit Youk? Probably not as many as I think, because I kind of remember Youk diving out of the way of balls thrown at his head a couple times. There is some history with those two isn’t there?

by Schulz on Dec 18, 2009 5:20 PM EST reply actions