fight for a little bit before getting involved with them. The teams usually just push each other around while the pitcher jogs in a few steps towards the batter. Hitting people is to send a message and they aren't intentionally throwing at their head. They throw at their ribs or butt. It doesn't hurt those guys that bad. They might have a bruise but it ain't bad. Most of the time its a sign from the coach to peg him. They also aren't throwing as hard as they can MOST of the time because then theres a decent chance they miss. My team pegged a guy intentionally already this summer. He was sliding into second with his feet up and spiked our shortstop and almost spiked me trying to turn double plays. So we gave the middle finger down sign to peg him his next at bat and pegged him. He walks to first and thats that. Its really not a big deal.