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After the Tigers hit back-to-back-to-back home runs in the fourth inning this afternoon Jason Hammel hit Matt Tuiasosopo with a high breaking ball on the first pitch of the subsequent at-bat and Hammel was ejected.

It's something we've seen plenty of times, but if you were new to baseball, don't worry. The color commentators were there to explain to you exactly what happened.

Below are the transcripts from both broadcasts, isolating only the color commentator or commentators. They go from the time of the plunking until the broadcasts went to commercial. Links are with them, but try to guess which broadcast is which. It might be tougher than you think.

(It is not tougher than you think.)

Broadcast 1

Let's take a look at the pitch on the Pitch Track. It's a breaking ball. It's a slider. It gets away from Jason Hammel; we've seen him lose some pitches to the arm side. That's why Jason Hammel is so upset. And that's why Tuiasosopo isn't that upset about it. I mean you would expect maybe a brushback pitch, but this is a slider that he just lets go of too soon and catches it in the shoulder. That's why Buck Showalter is so upset. You see Jason Hammel showing his disgust in that call.

He predetermined this call. I think it's a terrible call because the Baltimore Orioles don't play that type of ballgame and Jason Hammel isn't that type of pitcher. This is a slider that gets away; you see Matt Wieters setting up down and away. Matt Wieters immediately saying "what are you doing here." And you see Buck Showalter – his face is beet red. It just does not make sense for him to just jump out and make that call. If it's a fastball and he squares him up in the middle of the back, hey maybe, but a slider, hey, terrible call.

Broadcast 2

No doubt. That's weak on Hammel's part. You've just given up three straight homers and you're going to argue this? Weak. He came up and in on Tuiasosopo.

He's lucky Tuiasosopo didn't go out there and get him as big as Tui is.

(mockingly) It was just an accident, really.

It did look like a breaking ball, though, but you can still get your point made with a breaking ball. It doesn't have to be a fastball to send your message.

And now you know how it really happened.

Thank you for reading

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giggles2525
6/02
Great piece - and listening to the broadcasts really does it justice. No matter what really happened (he clearly didn't want to hit him), I thought that Detroit booth was embarrassing. At least the Baltimore booth tried to present both sides. Anyway, nice one, and you got it up within minutes of the incident, very impressive.
zacharylevine
6/02
Thanks. Gary Thorne was indeed a good straight man in the O's booth. It almost seemed like he was a little mortified after the rant or at least just tried to bring it back to the center.
airball7
6/02
Alas I live in Detroit and was stuck (and will continue to be stuck) with the local feed, which contains the execrable Rod Allen. My guess is that Rod didn't realize in real-time that the pitch was a backup slider that got away. As any unreasonable person would do, rather than correct himself upon seeing the replay, he continued to push an embarrassing line of nonsense for about five minutes.
doctawojo
6/02
"And you see Buck Showalter - his face is beet red."

As opposed to all the other times.
Psychedelic
6/04
hahaha