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Unwritten Rules or Just Head Games?

Thor threw his thunderous 99-MPH hammer behind Chase Utley in a May 28th game in New York, yet when Noah Syndergaard was immediately thrown out of the game – he didn’t react! No cursing, no stomping around, no chest bumping with his catcher as he argues and points fingers at the home plate umpire. Why didn’t he react?

Because he did it on purpose, and he knows he did!

"It was a very quick trigger," Syndergaard said of the ejection, while indicating after the game there was no purpose to the pitch. "I was just kind of dumbfounded.