Yep, intentional.   Mostly because 'tardcomm think he should take balls in the face or be moved to RF.

Posted by MikeT23 on 3/24/2014 4:32:00 PM (view original):
I'll try this another way(repeated for the badluckjr):

I've been playing ball 45 years or so.   I've seen three people get hit square in the face with a grounder:
1.  A little kid.   Probably on the field because mommy made him.
2.  A girl.  Probably on the field because her boyfriend asked her to play co-ed with him.
3.  A drunk dude.  Probably on the field because he didn't know better.

That's it.  Until Miggy. 

Posted by MikeT23 on 3/24/2014 4:32:00 PM (view original):
I'll try this another way(repeated for the badluckjr):

I've been playing ball 45 years or so.   I've seen three people get hit square in the face with a grounder:
1.  A little kid.   Probably on the field because mommy made him.
2.  A girl.  Probably on the field because her boyfriend asked her to play co-ed with him.
3.  A drunk dude.  Probably on the field because he didn't know better.

That's it.  Until Miggy. 

Posted by bad_luck on 3/24/2014 5:09:00 PM (view original):
Aramis Ramirez and Joe Crede are major leaguers who have also been hit in the face with ground balls.

I'm positive there have been countless others in the minors, college, and high school. Not even counting the tards in slow pitch leagues.

The fact that you haven't yet been hit in the face has everything to do with luck and the infrequency of ground balls capable of hitting you in the face and absolutely nothing to do with your skill, survival instincts, and reactions.

Posted by MikeT23 on 3/24/2014 5:30:00 PM (view original):

Posted by bad_luck on 3/24/2014 5:09:00 PM (view original):
Aramis Ramirez and Joe Crede are major leaguers who have also been hit in the face with ground balls.

I'm positive there have been countless others in the minors, college, and high school. Not even counting the tards in slow pitch leagues.

The fact that you haven't yet been hit in the face has everything to do with luck and the infrequency of ground balls capable of hitting you in the face and absolutely nothing to do with your skill, survival instincts, and reactions.

I guess you keep missing the fact that I've only seen three people, in 45+ years of ball, take one directly in the face.    It's not just my spidey-senses that keep me safe.  Unless almost everyone has them.

Wish I could find a gif of the reporter ducking a SCUD missile.   Ridiculous looking but it's a natural reaction.  Like getting your face out of the way of projectiles.

Posted by toddcommish on 3/24/2014 2:04:00 PM (view original):
Face-shots are a perfect storm of velocity, bad hop, and laziness/casualness (size of face might matter too).  Miggy has a melon the size of a XL-pizza pan.  Manny Machado's face is the size of a kleenex box..