Baseball's Code of Retribution

Thanks GB and 2MCM and TSP.

How I missed this is beyond me. Probably because I watched hockey, yes hockey, Wednesday night.

 

Some serious D_Biation going on around here.

 

C'mon, everyone was supposed to line up and answer Pete's question in a different way!

 

I get the feeling the Ramirez-Youkilis fireworks had something to do with action or inaction in that brawl.

 

I'd say Crisp comes out looking wrong in both situations. I don't think the takeout slide (on a steal) was warranted and if you follow the "unwritten rules" you know you're going to get it. If you get one head-high I can understand getting fired up, but why would you charge when you get it knee-high? My biggest problem with the actual brawl is that Gomes comes flying in and then throws a bunch of limp-wristed punches on a defenseless Crisp.

 

Perfect analysis.

 

But as we learnt from the Spring Training brawl with the Yankees, that's what Gomes does already.

 

Crisp charged the mound. He deserves what happens to him. The funny thing is that he was made vulnerable to the three Rays players because of the way he avoided the punch.

 

Oh come on! He also strikes out!

(A lot.)

(In fact, he has more K's than hits this every year.)

 

I didn't say it was wrong for Gomes to throw the shots. My problem was with how weak they were. For a guy who barreled in like he was going to do some damage, those looked like something my sister would throw.

 

Crisp had it coming. Now that he's charged the mound, he has it coming again. And if he is in the lineup the next time they meet, the next pitch will be up, too, not at the knees.

 

The umpires failed in that situation because they should have put the kibosh on that.

You warn both teams before the game that if anyone even comes remotely close to throwing AT somebody, both the pitcher and manager are gone.