Brawls!

It doesn't really answer many of your questions though. But you can't keep David Ortiz away from a good fight!

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.

http://www.jasonhoke.com/images/gabe10.JPG

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.

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."

there's the hero.

http://bostondirtdogs.boston.com/Headline_Archives/nixonkaptacklesturtze.jpg

there's the hero.

Big oiled man-tits do not a slugger make...

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.

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.

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.

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?

thanks a-rod!

are there any yankees that are having "all-star seasons" other than rivera?

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.

But John seriously why you want to get ALL CAPS on me?

"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.

Kendall v. Kennedy, 8/15/04

I can't get these to display this morning.

http://mlb.mlb.com/images/2006/05/20/h4JAfVgE.jpg

We know from the brawl chart in BB Between the Numbers they don't "fire up" win totals of crappy teams, too.

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.

http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/images/admin/aj_mot3.jpg

http://www.popstrology.com/temp/aj_sularz.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/plechazunga/low_e495a4dad7ca4e4.jpg

MLBN had some (25th anniv) clips of this '84 Pads-Braves tilt the other day, pretty amazing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo2shxvmIHs

https://www.mlb.com/news/d-backs-dodgers-benches-empty-after-last-out

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

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

a+ bunting skillz

also -- no one was ejected!

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

Man seems like nobody likes the Astros anymore.

laureano needs to work on his approach

in the spirit of the thread, youre sposed to link to some clips (I haven't seen any yet)

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.

Ramón Laureano charges the Astros dugout, a breakdown pic.twitter.com/2XaBn57Jsx

— Jomboy (@Jomboy_) August 10, 2020

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

20-game suspension for cintron

laureano got five

not terrible, laureano can still appeal ya?

A 20-game suspension for a coach is nearly unprecedented, no?

he was being a real special asshole

Yeah, I'd kick him out of the majors if I were commish, that's some first-class yellow-bellied chicken shit.

Benches clear!!! 👊@Angels | #GoHalos pic.twitter.com/EUnTTcjW1D

— Bally Sports West (@BallySportWest) June 26, 2022

pic.twitter.com/ELniMTnSZe

— Angels MiLB (@AngelsMiLB) June 26, 2022

nevin suspended 10 games for being a shithead

winker suspended seven games for . . . being plunked

raisel iglesias gets just two for being insane

Winker did, you know, flip off the entire stadium

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

funny how he squares up southpaw

Ramirez had crazy kid energy just throwing two-fisted prayers and one got answered.

lol insult to injury

Tim Anderson suspended 6 games for fight, Jose Ramirez out 3