"I'll never ask a pitch to hit a guy, but I can't tell people what to do," Mackanin said. "If a pitcher doesn't like a hitter, you do what you have to do for whatever reason you want to do it. If you don't like how a guy dives over the plate and you want to come way inside and if you hit him, you hit him, that's up to you, I can't tell you not to do that. But I will never ask a pitcher to throw at a hitter in the event that something bad happens. But, I basically gave him the different scenarios, and said, as long as you don't hit anybody, I can understand it. Not condone it, but understand it. But in that situation, it's wrong."