"When you throw at somebody's head on purpose first pitch, straight out the get-go, then you throw a curveball, then you throw again at the head, that's just ... ," Machado said, using a street term. "You know it's coward stuff. It's just coward." Manny Machado, most important non-Met to the 2015 Mets. I actually like the second-to-third bunt play with no outs, as bunt plays go. Of course, I like it better when the Nats fail to execute it.