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Vinnie Pasquantino on the Blaze Alexander HBP and the benches-clearing fracas between Orioles and Royals: "We had some up-and-in pitches the other day. To be honest, that’s a guy who’s hitting over .300 and is feeling good about himself that feels the need, when he gets hit, that he can say something. So credit to him for feeling good about himself like that. "But he’s clearly not -- it’s a 1-2 count. We’re trying to get outs. We’re not trying to give away free baserunners. I think that’s a bad baseball mindset, personally, because why would we hit a guy right there? It’s just common sense. "But he feels good about what he’s doing right now, and credit to him, he’s been having a really good year. That was my perspective on it."