Texas has been hit more and they haven't responded this way. And it's not just hit by pitches the royals are getting upset about. Remember ventura's second start of the season, when he got into it with mike trout for having the audacity to score a run on him? Ventura is a modern day Carlos zambrano, capable of greatness when his emotions don't get him in trouble. When he hit Lawrie, it wasn't Lawrie's first trip to the plate, that would have been baseball retaliation. This was young kid getting ****** off because things weren't going his way after cruising through three innings. The batter before, reddick, had just hit a three run jack to make it 5-0. Similarly on Sunday, there was no retaliation on Sunday, by Duffy or the other kc relievers until another head case, Herrera, came in. I don't care how many times they've been hit, trying to deliberately injure or wreck the careers, or possibly lives, of other players is a **** poor way of doing it. By the way, all caps generally indicates shouting. There's no need to get upset, unless you are ray chapmans parent, of course, then you have every right to be upset about hbp.