Tricks are for kids, 2004 edition: Matt Morris throws at Derrek Lee's head after failing to successfully intimidate Todd Hollandsworth in the previous at-bat. Lee delivers F-bombs to Morris and LaRussa, no punches thrown. Farnsworth DNP.
― mattbot (mattbot), Thursday, 10 June 2004 13:16 (nineteen years ago) link
"Those pitches up there are unacceptable," La Russa said. "I don't care what the explanation is. If we'd have done it, the pitcher would have been pulled aside by the scruff of the neck and told, 'If you pitch like that, you won't pitch here.'"
I hate that guy with a passion.
― mattbot (mattbot), Thursday, 10 June 2004 13:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― mattbot (mattbot), Saturday, 24 July 2004 20:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― John (jdahlem), Saturday, 24 July 2004 21:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Saturday, 24 July 2004 23:13 (nineteen years ago) link
It doesn't really answer many of your questions though. But you can't keep David Ortiz away from a good fight!
― mattbot (mattbot), Sunday, 25 July 2004 00:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Sunday, 25 July 2004 04:26 (nineteen years ago) link
Judging by the pic above, Varitek should be on the short list of Moes for the Farrelly Brothers' upcoming Three Stooges film.
As much fun as it was to see A-Rod get poked in his purty face after gettin' all bitchy, Varitek keeping the mask on was rather bush.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 July 2004 13:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Monday, 26 July 2004 13:05 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.jasonhoke.com/images/gabe10.JPG
― Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Monday, 26 July 2004 13:08 (nineteen years ago) link
and morbs, i think the fact that varitek not only kept his mask on but also his glove shows that he wasn't prepared for the situation to escalate as quickly as it did.
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 26 July 2004 13:11 (nineteen years ago) link
And Otto OTM. If only baseball brawls were more like 18th century presidential duels. "Good sir, please permit me to remove my catching paraphenalia before the fisticuffs ensue lest I possess an unfair advantage, I implore you."
― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 26 July 2004 13:13 (nineteen years ago) link
there's the hero.
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 26 July 2004 13:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Monday, 26 July 2004 13:40 (nineteen years ago) link
http://bostondirtdogs.boston.com/Headline_Archives/nixonkaptacklesturtze.jpg
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 26 July 2004 13:53 (nineteen years ago) link
Big oiled man-tits do not a slugger make...
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 July 2004 13:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 26 July 2004 13:56 (nineteen years ago) link
Did anybody see that bit on Conan a while back where he was out talking to a group of guys who did re-enactments of turn-of-the-century baseball games? Conan suited up (complete with a fake handlebar moustache) to take some cuts and was talking trash at the pitcher in that same type of vernacular. The pitcher threw one high and tight and Conan charged the mound, paused to roll his sleeves up, and then took on a bare-knuckles boxer pose. I laughed my ass off.
― boldbury (boldbury), Monday, 26 July 2004 14:22 (nineteen years ago) link
i also remember claudell washington going into the stands at fenway but that was because he didn't realize how close to the wall in right he was. it resulted in the slowest inside the park home run i've ever seen. bill buckner looked like the tin man rounding the bases. i swear he had no knee cartilege left, you could almost hear the bone on bone grinding as he chugged around third.
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 26 July 2004 14:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 26 July 2004 14:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 26 July 2004 14:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 26 July 2004 14:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Kaz Tadano (mattbot), Monday, 26 July 2004 14:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 26 July 2004 15:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 26 July 2004 15:03 (nineteen years ago) link
Also, I thought the pitch hit Senora A-Rod (oh snap!) on the elbow. Regardless, that was a strange time for "the best player in baseball" to Cowboy Up to the original Marlboro Men. Also, I've never heard of a team headhunting a player for hitting the game-winning SINGLE in the previous contest. Unless Bob Brenley was the manager.
― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 26 July 2004 16:08 (nineteen years ago) link
i mean, in that other thread you were hinting that jeter might be a better shortstop, which would've gotten you strung up or worse in most parts a year ago. and he's had an off year, but it's not THAT off.
first of all, the best player in baseball tag is 75% agent hype from his free agency period after the 2000 season, a season in which he really WAS the best player in baseball. the tag stuck because in every year since he's been the best player in the american league, and the best all-around player in the game. even if he IS past his prime, you have to a allow a window for that perception to fade (especially now that he's a yankee(?)). and i'd still say he's probably the best all-around player in the game. IT IS JUST NOT A BIG DEAL OK. this is just some my-guy's-dick-is-bigger-than-yours-and-well-i-hate-the-yankees-too thing i'm sure, but gimme a break, like bonds is underrated by anybody?? get over it.
(and now i've really opened myself up so you're gonna continue to pull that shit just cuz, grr)
getting on topic now, i'm glad a-rod did what he did, and i don't think it was less about HIM being hit than it was about the yankees getting drilled left and right all year (and all last) by the sox and left unable to retaliate because of warnings issued. if a pitcher couldn't put a stop to it, a player had to, and a-rod did for this series. tell em when enough is enough, you know?
― John (jdahlem), Monday, 26 July 2004 17:41 (nineteen years ago) link
thanks a-rod!
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 26 July 2004 17:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 26 July 2004 18:33 (nineteen years ago) link
are there any yankees that are having "all-star seasons" other than rivera?
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 26 July 2004 20:25 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/statistics/rrereport04.html
A-Rod, Sheffield and Posada are all in the AL top 15 in Equivalent Average. Even as a Yankee hater, I can acknowledge they're legit All-Stars. A-Rod falls short only by his previous Olympian standards, and unlike hstencil, I don't think he's overpaid by a cent.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 July 2004 20:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― John (jdahlem), Monday, 26 July 2004 20:55 (nineteen years ago) link
But John seriously why you want to get ALL CAPS on me?
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 26 July 2004 21:25 (nineteen years ago) link
"I've seen a lot of brawls," former Angel Bobby Grich told he Los Angeles Times, "but never during batting practice."
So what happened? The night before, Laird accused Kennedy of leaning into a pitch, hoping to get hit with the bases loaded to force in a run. He told him as much during that at-bat.
Kennedy sought to revisit the issue the next day . . . and one thing led to another. It started when Kennedy glared at his accuser.
"Do you have a problem?" Laird asked.
"Don't be trying to show me up," Kennedy said.
And then the two became entangled. Rangers outfielder Brian Jordan, the former Cardinal, jumped in and applied a headlock on Kennedy as the two teams converged.
― bnw (bnw), Thursday, 29 July 2004 17:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 29 July 2004 18:51 (nineteen years ago) link
Kendall v. Kennedy, 8/15/04
― mattbot (mattbot), Monday, 16 August 2004 12:27 (nineteen years ago) link
I can't get these to display this morning.
― mattbot (mattbot), Monday, 16 August 2004 12:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― dyson (dyson), Monday, 16 August 2004 12:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 16 August 2004 13:17 (nineteen years ago) link
http://mlb.mlb.com/images/2006/05/20/h4JAfVgE.jpg
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 May 2006 13:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 22 May 2006 13:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 May 2006 13:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 22 May 2006 13:54 (eighteen years ago) link
We know from the brawl chart in BB Between the Numbers they don't "fire up" win totals of crappy teams, too.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 May 2006 14:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 22 May 2006 14:45 (eighteen years ago) link
This is a great picture, but the fan reactions are a reminder of my unfulfilled dream to be in attendance at a true bench-clearing brawl.
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 22 May 2006 15:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 22 May 2006 15:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 22 May 2006 15:59 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/images/admin/aj_mot3.jpg
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 22 May 2006 16:00 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.popstrology.com/temp/aj_sularz.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/plechazunga/low_e495a4dad7ca4e4.jpg
― c(''c) (Leee), Monday, 22 May 2006 17:59 (eighteen years ago) link
• Pirates pitcher Keone Kela has received a 10-game suspension for intentionally throwing a pitch in the area of the head of Derek Dietrich of the Reds in the bottom of the seventh inning and for his role in instigating the bench-clearing incident.• Reds pitcher Amir Garrett has received an eight-game suspension for inciting the bench-clearing incident by running to the area outside the Pirates’ dugout and throwing a punch in the top of the ninth inning.• Pirates infielder José Osuna has received a five-game suspension for his aggressive and inappropriate actions during the ninth inning incident.• Reds pitcher Jared Hughes has received a three-game suspension for intentionally throwing a pitch at Starling Marte of the Pirates in the top of the ninth inning.• Pirates pitcher Kyle Crick has received a three-game suspension for his inappropriate actions during the ninth inning incident.• Cleveland Indians outfielder Yasiel Puig, who was then a member of the Reds, has received a three-game suspension for his aggressive actions during the ninth inning incident.• Reds manager David Bell has received a six-game suspension for returning to the field following his ejection; escalating the incident with his aggressive actions; his Club’s intentional pitch at Marte; and his numerous ejections this season.• Pirates manager Clint Hurdle has received a two-game suspension for his Club’s conduct during the incident and his Club’s multiple intentional pitches thrown at Dietrich this season.
― mookieproof, Thursday, 1 August 2019 19:23 (four years ago) link
kela's mistake was admitting that he'd thrown at dietrich. still kinda surprised he got more than garrett tho
is six games for a manager a record?
― mookieproof, Thursday, 1 August 2019 19:36 (four years ago) link
Dietrich must have honked off most of the division, as the Brewers also hit him 3 times in a game earlier this year.
― earlnash, Friday, 2 August 2019 00:15 (four years ago) link
https://www.mlb.com/news/d-backs-dodgers-benches-empty-after-last-out
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 10 August 2019 13:28 (four years ago) link
Bob Johnson throws behind Lenny Randle. The next pitch Randle bunts down the first baseline just so he can fucking blast Johnson. pic.twitter.com/YvE5jUXCiA— Jomboy (@Jomboy_) August 28, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 29 August 2019 19:02 (four years ago) link
that may have stoked the flames and helped lead to the 10 Cent Beer Night riot a few nights later between the same two teams
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Cent_Beer_Night
― omar little, Thursday, 29 August 2019 19:12 (four years ago) link
a+ bunting skillz
― mookieproof, Thursday, 29 August 2019 19:16 (four years ago) link
also -- no one was ejected!
― omar little, Thursday, 29 August 2019 19:18 (four years ago) link
thread, en español:
Aquí arranca la noche entre Águilas y Caribes: Pelotazo de Rómulo Sánchez a César Varela🎥: @YouTube Águilas del Zulia mcbo / @IVCNetworksVE pic.twitter.com/HtbE6XhCKf— Jean Carlos Arias (@Comandante81) January 9, 2020
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 9 January 2020 18:06 (four years ago) link
Man seems like nobody likes the Astros anymore.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 9 August 2020 22:44 (three years ago) link
laureano needs to work on his approach
― mookieproof, Sunday, 9 August 2020 23:17 (three years ago) link
in the spirit of the thread, youre sposed to link to some clips (I haven't seen any yet)
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 August 2020 01:08 (three years ago) link
apparently this was the 3rd time he was hit this series, second time in a row - and the Astros fuckface hitting coach was taunting him from the dugout.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 10 August 2020 01:25 (three years ago) link
Ramón Laureano charges the Astros dugout, a breakdown pic.twitter.com/2XaBn57Jsx— Jomboy (@Jomboy_) August 10, 2020
― mookieproof, Monday, 10 August 2020 14:11 (three years ago) link
yep, Cintron appears at least as guilty as Laureano if not moreso
The tough guy on Astros bench deserves 10 games for telling Laureano to come at him and 40 for hiding behind everyone else when he did. https://t.co/1wbdextB4Y— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) August 9, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 August 2020 16:20 (three years ago) link
20-game suspension for cintron
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 18:38 (three years ago) link
laureano got five
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 18:39 (three years ago) link
not terrible, laureano can still appeal ya?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 18:41 (three years ago) link
A 20-game suspension for a coach is nearly unprecedented, no?
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 04:10 (three years ago) link
he was being a real special asshole
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 04:44 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I'd kick him out of the majors if I were commish, that's some first-class yellow-bellied chicken shit.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 05:07 (three years ago) link
Benches clear!!! 👊@Angels | #GoHalos pic.twitter.com/EUnTTcjW1D— Bally Sports West (@BallySportWest) June 26, 2022
― mookieproof, Sunday, 26 June 2022 20:49 (one year ago) link
pic.twitter.com/ELniMTnSZe— Angels MiLB (@AngelsMiLB) June 26, 2022
― mookieproof, Sunday, 26 June 2022 21:04 (one year ago) link
nevin suspended 10 games for being a shithead
winker suspended seven games for . . . being plunked
raisel iglesias gets just two for being insane
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 28 June 2022 03:40 (one year ago) link
Winker did, you know, flip off the entire stadium
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 28 June 2022 04:30 (one year ago) link
lucky shot but congratulations to tim anderson on becoming the new robin ventura
synced up hammy’s radio call with the better angle broadcast down goes anderson pic.twitter.com/oUxhEHT1eH— paco (@AllaireMatt) August 6, 2023
― mookieproof, Sunday, 6 August 2023 05:16 (ten months ago) link
funny how he squares up southpaw
― k3vin k., Sunday, 6 August 2023 17:24 (ten months ago) link
Ramirez had crazy kid energy just throwing two-fisted prayers and one got answered.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Sunday, 6 August 2023 17:42 (ten months ago) link
lol insult to injury
Tim Anderson suspended 6 games for fight, Jose Ramirez out 3
― mookieproof, Monday, 7 August 2023 19:39 (ten months ago) link