Talk:José Bautista

message: This sentence is misleading and merits further consideration.  Bautista, by his own admission, was sliding hard into Odor in retalation for being hit by the Bush pitch. 
<DD>“I could have hit him,” Bautista said. “I could have hurt him. I chose not to. My cleats were down. I slid through the bag. Was it late? Yes, a hundred percent. But what can I do after they hit me? Should I ask my manager to let me pitch, which he is never going to let me do? Like, what am I supposed to do? Just sit there and take it?”
Thoughts on this?  I know the topic is controversial, but to say his intention was to break up a double play is pretty disingenious.  He's quoted several times stating it was an immediate and intentional response to the hit by pitch.  I feel the summary fails to accurately depict the situation and events which lead up to the altercation. - Pyrex238 (talk) 17:46, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Speaking as a retired umpire, no doubt about it,that was a hard slide but not a dirty one. There was no attempt by Bautista to spike Odor and a slide to break up a double play IS standard operating procedure and has been for decades. There is a new rule this year that is designed to give some protection to the fielder making the pivot/throw to first. The umpire made the correct call and the DP was recorded even though Odor's throw was yards wide of first base. Regards,   Aloha27  talk  17:52, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Even though the slide was ruled illegal, IMO the wording is still a tad harsh.  100 seasons plus before the Chase Utley rule, that slide was perfectly legal, and just reflecting a guy who plays hard, yet has no ill intent.  A guy like Bautista whose been around for as long as he has doesn't just unlearn overnight a behavior based on a splet second decision.  The sentence as it is now has a possible implication that Bautista was trying to hurt Odor, which I very seriously doubt, just as Chase Utley didn't intend to break that Mets player's leg.  Terry Foote (talk) 18:24, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

text: I heard Bautista say that he was trying to send a message that he didn't like pitchers throwing at him, and he sent that message to Odor.  BUT, he was doing this while at the same time doing a very routine thing runners do to break-up double plays, so I think that's a safe presumption.  What else has Bautista said about this?  How about something to the effect of, "while attempting to break-up a double play, Bautista made what turned out to be an illegal slide into....." ?Terry Foote (talk) 18:39, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

text: I think Bautista meant to send a message AND break-up a double play.  The first is Bautista's style, the second turned out to be an illegal slide, which is not his style.  IMO, of course.  Terry Foote (talk) 18:45, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: The "send a message" I heard Bautista himself say it while watching Sports Center, or something like that.  I can scour around the web for a quote and a source if you think that would be helpful.  I know it seems like knitpicking, but Bautista is a player of the old-school, and I get the impression that the press paint him and Utley out to be Ty Cobb like players who sharpen their spikes before a game, just looking for a reason to hurt someone.  "Illegal slide" just has the baggage of a dirty play, which again, IMO, it wasn't.  However I can see why Odor was angry. Terry Foote (talk) 19:00, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: 2016 Season - Rangers Brawl - "Intending to break up a double play?"

message: Not sure this is newsworthy or relevant but I've read that Jose Bautista is Jewish, which is highly unusual for a Dominican (whose last name means "Baptist"). His father was Dominican and his mother was Israeli.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.118.213.209 (talk) 16:59, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Jewish?

message: "The 50th homerun by jose was done in september 23 2010.Jose is expected to hit 53 homeruns by the end of the season by his paste."
I will now say a prayer for the English language, which has passed on.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Undervenued (talk • contribs) 18:25, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: This is funny

message: I just clicked on the site, and the first thing I saw is a picture to the right that shows clearly the number 23 on the shirt. Jose Baustista's number is 19. That begs the question .... where is Jose Bautista ?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.198.8.58 (talk) 04:57, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect Photo on this page 

message: The picture is outdated, it says he is number 23 here, he is number 19 now, so his picture should represent it. Request for it to be changed ( I don't know how).
Here is a suggestion: http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/2010/writers/joe_lemire/08/04/jose.bautista/jose-bautista-getty2.jpg 
Although I'm sure someone can dig up a better picture. Cheers.173.34.129.168 (talk) 06:08, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Images used on Wikipedia must be clearly licenced for such use. The image to which you link is copyrighted and unacceptable. Essentially, it'll require someone to post to Wikimedia Commons a photograph they took, and indicate that it is licenced for use here. Images found on the internet whose provenance is unknown are considered unacceptable. (Specifically, details such as the time, date, and photographer must be known.) Mindmatrix 14:38, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

text: I do think we need a new picture. Obviously the bat flip would be nice, but that is copywrited.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ljk3000 (talk • contribs) 15:50, 13 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request for Updated Picture 

message: I believe the practice of reflected all the ballplayer's season stats, as here, is a deprecated one.  Shouldn't they, then, be removed from this article, where they appear in tabular form?  Thanks.--Epeefleche (talk) 05:05, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stats 

message: The intro's last paragraph starts with "Since 2010, Bautista has hit at least 27 home runs each year..." In 2016 he unfortunately didn't reach 27 so that statement doesn't hold true anymore. He hit 22 which doesn't exactly have the same appeal as 27+ so perhaps this whole statement regarding his home run totals needs to be re-structured. 
142.204.27.132 (talk) 19:13, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Someone beat me to it. JTP (talk • contribs) 20:05, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 20 October 2016 

message: The 2017 salary information does not indicate the fact that the values are in US dollars (vs Canadian dollars). See http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/jose-bautista-contract-blue-jays-1.3940896 for confirmation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.97.196.17 (talk • contribs) 
: Not done: Despite the fact that he plays for a Canadian team, I think it is implied that the value is in USD, as no dollar amount in the rest of the article specifies it. JTP (talk • contribs) 21:10, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 18 January 2017 

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