Can't say I've always agreed with Ozzie's philosophy a lot, but I think he nailed this one... Don't you freaking plunk us!!
I agree that Ozzie is loco, but what is so crazy about what he's saying? He's standing up for his players. Maybe if more managers stood up for their players like that, we'd have less pitchers acting like ******* and plunking hitters. Especially in the AL where pitchers don't hit, they don't have to worry about getting hit themselves. BTW... didn't the Rangers just DFA Padilla because he throws at opposing hitters, hence putting his own teammates at risk of getting plunked in retaliation?
Sounds like the DFA was a little of that and alot of "doesn't play well with others", with the others here being his teammates. Also probably didn't help that the Rangers' young arms are looking so good. As for Ozzie, every manager of every team is going to repay hit batters with hit batters. The difference is none of them are going to make a spectacle of themselves by saying it like he did.