Piazza said he would not label his frequent hit-by-pitches this spring a trend, but he said he would act again if he felt a need to.
It seemed intended to lift the morale of American soldiers here, who have been the target of frequent hit-and-run attacks, which are difficult to repel.
So for now, soldiers are stationed at bases outside the city, where they say they are subject to frequent hit-and-run attacks.
But that was not necessarily good news, as they also suffered the most frequent hits to the head.
But on Sunday, the frequent hits caught up with him: He fumbled four times, losing three, in a loss to the Jets.
"He liked playing guys like me, especially on clay courts that he felt he could move around, so I guess it gives me that sense," said Raonic, who added that Blanco was also his most frequent hitting partner.
Ray Easterling committed suicide in 2012 and an autopsy revealed he had a degenerative brain disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, which is known at C.T.E. and has become widely associated with athletes who have absorbed frequent hits to the head.
Dr. Alberts of the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio said that brain damage caused by strong concussive blows versus lesser, but more frequent, hits was "a distinction that people are talking about, but at the moment we have no data, just a lot of hand-waving".
These attacks became more frequent, hitting many times per hour instead of once a month," he said.
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