Orioles shortstop Manny Machado's decision to charge the mound after Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura after he was hit with a 99-mph fastball Tuesday was one that galvinized the baseball community around the on-field justice system that led to it.
Various corners of the baseball writing worlds, including several of its pillars, opined on the incident in its aftermath.
Here's what they're saying about the issue that played out Tuesday at Camden Yards:
-- Sports Illustrated’s Cliff Corcoran believes that the negative attention being heaped on Ventura shouldn’t obscure the fact that Machado is among the best players in baseball and the Orioles are in what will assuredly be a tight division race.