6/23/2023 0 Comments Will by will smith![]() Let's talk about the Marcell Ozuna-Will Smith situation…□ #MLBNow | | /nWq3OTlxn7 MLB Network also put together a montage of Ozuna’s backswing making contact with catchers. Marcell Ozuna got Will Smith with a backswing last year, too /8hk48dliYV Last season, Ozuna hit Smith across the face with a backswing on a grounder. This wasn’t an isolated incident with Ozuna. Tempers flare as Will Smith grows frustrated that he keeps getting hit by Marcell Ozuna’s backswing /c1biUfEMtz ![]() Smith basically had enough, so he reacted. But Ozuna finishes his swing notably long, which often leads to the kind of contact that we saw on Monday. Now, a player never intentionally hits a catcher with a backswing - that’s just simply not how it works. Bullpens cleared, but the incident didn’t escalate. As Ozuna was making his way down the first-base line to jog out the fly out, he stopped when Smith had words for him. During a fourth inning at-bat, Atlanta Braves designated hitter Marcell Ozuna struck Smith on the side of the head with his backswing. ![]() It’s a risk of the position.īut one player, in particular, had Dodgers catcher Will Smith upset on Monday. Aside from willingly jumping in front of triple-digit pitches with limited protective equipment, catchers know they can get hit with a bat on a backswing. It takes a special kind of toughness to be a Major League catcher. ![]()
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