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Lip readers guessed what Cal Quantrill said to Reese McGuire to spark fiery bench-clearing incident with the Red Sox

Uh, he really went there.

The Rockies and Red Sox don’t have much history between one another — at least nothing that would have been able to spark a brawl in normal circumstances. But Rockies pitcher Cal Quantrill managed to strike a nerve with trash talk directed at the Red Sox’s Reese McGuire on Wednesday.

Lip readers were certain they knew what it was all about.

The incident happened with Colorado up by six runs in the fourth inning. Quantrill induced an inning-ending fly out from McGuire, and the Rockies pitcher was fired up. Quantrill pumped his fists on contact, and McGuire didn’t appreciate the showmanship. Once McGuire said something to Quantrill, the Rockies pitcher had his rebuttal ready to go.

(Warning: NSFW language)

Quantrill appeared to say, “You (expletive) in a (expletive) parking lot, you dumb (expletive).” And that immediately drew the reaction from McGuire. This set McGuire off because, well, Quantrill appeared to be bringing up McGuire’s indecent exposure arrest in 2020. McGuire entered a plea of no contest and was ordered to pay a fine for the second-degree misdemeanor in in Florida.

To bring that up as trash talk was diabolical, and fans almost couldn’t believe *that* was what started the incident. Somehow, no punches were thrown, and the teams were separated without much escalation.

This was how Twitter/X reacted

The truth hits the hardest, apparently.

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Benches cleared after Rockies pitcher Jake Bird clapped his glove at a furious Bryce Harper

Big “HOLD ME BACK” energy.

It was a frustrating afternoon all around in Denver for Bryce Harper, and Rockies reliever Jake Bird managed to end Harper’s day early.

With the Rockies up four runs in the seventh inning, Bird worked around two walks to get out of the inning with no runs allowed. As he was walking off the mound, Bird appeared to say something to the Phillies dugout. Harper clearly did not appreciate Bird talking trash after a shaky performance, but he could have let it go.

Instead, Harper emerged from the dugout to shout back at Bird, and the Rockies pitcher responded by clapping his glove mockingly at Harper — not exactly a way to de-escalate a situation.

That led to the benches and bullpens clearing as both teams tried to separate Harper and Bird. As far as an altercation, it was mostly shouting. It didn’t escalate beyond that or become an actual basebrawl. Both Bird and Harper would get ejected for their part in the scrum.

MLB fans also had thoughts on that scene in Denver.
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Breakdown of Mariners-Angels brawl showed Andrew Wantz telling Jesse Winker he had to hit him

“You had to hit me?!”

MLB handed down suspensions for Sunday’s bench-clearing brawl between the Angels and Mariners this week, and Mariners outfielder Jesse Winker was the hardest-hit player with 7 games.

But after seeing all the videos and context for the brawl, it’s awfully easy to come away thinking that Angels pitcher Andrew Wantz’s three-game suspension was too lenient. He seemed to admit he hit Winker on purpose.

The whole ordeal stemmed from the Angels taking issue with how the Mariners pitched to Mike Trout on Saturday. Trout avoided two high-and-tight pitches — after a meeting at the mound — with one coming close to his face. Trout wasn’t hit, but the Angels were determined to send a message on Sunday.

An excellent breakdown of the brawl from Jomboy Media showed Wantz evidently admitting to Winker that he “had to” hit him with the pitch. The exchange took place around the 9:40 mark. (NSFW language, video plays in separate YouTube tab)

As the fight was starting to settle down, Winker and Wantz came face to face. And Wantz, who wanted to apologize, appeared to tell Winker that he had to hit him. Winker responded, “You had to hit me? Why did you need to hit me?”

Winker and the rest of the Mariners were adamant that the Angels overreacted since they never actually hit Trout with a pitch. So, the response of throwing behind Julio Rodriguez and then hitting Winker was taking the whole situation too far.

The full breakdown was definitely worth a watch. MLB fans also had thoughts on the video.

The Mariners-Angels brawl looked even more intense from a fan’s close-up video

What a view!

Major League Baseball is almost certainly going to dive into all the available video from Sunday’s bench-clearing brawl between the Angels and Mariners as the league evaluates possible suspensions. But leave it to a fan to capture the best view of the fight.

By now, you probably heard about what happened on Sunday. The Angels were upset about high-and-tight pitches to Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani on Saturday. So, in Sunday’s game, pitcher Andrew Wantz threw behind Julio Rodriguez, was allowed to stay in the game and then hit Jesse Winker the next inning.

After getting hit, Winker charged to the Angels dugout, and that was when this fan got the best view of a legit BASEBRAWL.

Like, whoa.

Winker especially was going at it with multiple punches at Anthony Rendon. Justin Upton — a former Angels player! — took a hard fall right at the start. There’s a lot to unpack there.

But hey, MLB fans did appreciate this new angle of the fight.

Raisel Iglesias threw an entire case of sunflower seeds after Angels-Mariners brawl and MLB fans had jokes

That THROW!

Sunday’s game between the Seattle Mariners and Los Angeles Angels brought us the biggest baseball brawl (or BASEBRAWL!) that we have seen in years. And even as tensions seemed to calm down, Angels pitcher Raisel Iglesias managed to make an entirely new scene.

The brawl started on Sunday after home plate umpire John Bacon allowed Angels pitcher Andrew Wantz to continue despite throwing a first-inning pitch behind Julio Rodriguez’s head. In the second inning, Wantz — still in the game — hit Jesse Winker on the backside, leading to the whole brawl.

It was a wild scene with actual punches thrown. But we cannot get over Iglesias dramatic toss of the sunflower seeds case.

I mean, what a toss.

Iglesias was among the most fired-up players in the whole ordeal, but you won’t often see a player throw an entire case of sunflower seeds onto the field just to make a point.

Iglesias did just that. And, of course, MLB fans had jokes for the seeds toss.

Terrible umpiring helped spark a massive bench-clearing brawl between the Angels and Mariners

This brawl was WILD.

Heading into Sunday’s game with the Seattle Mariners and Los Angeles Angels, there was an expectation of fireworks between the two teams. And, oh man, it didn’t take long for those tensions to boil over.

Saturday’s game ended with Mike Trout taking issue with a pitch from Mariners closer Erik Swanson that came close to his head. Shohei Ohtani also avoided a high-and-tight fastball before his massive home run. So, the Angels went into the game ready to send a message — as lame as those unwritten rules are.

In the first inning, Andrew Wantz threw behind Julio Rodriguez’s head, and the Mariners wanted an ejection right there. They absolutely had a point because in the second inning, Wantz was able to get a shot in at Jesse Winker. It shouldn’t have happened, and a good umpire would have known that.

But just like that, the brawl was ON.

As Winker and the Mariners bench were calling for Wantz to be ejected, Winker took exception with something said from the Angels dugout. He charged through the weak restraint from the umpires, and benches cleared.

Now, this was a legitimate brawl. Anthony Rendon — who is out with a season-ending wrist injury — was involved in the action. J.P. Crawford also got right in the middle of the fight.

MLB is going to have to spend plenty of time looking at this film because discipline is definitely going to come down from the league office. Of course, this could have been avoided if umpire John Bacon took control of the game in the first inning, but it’s just another example of poor umpiring this season.

Fans also had plenty of thoughts on the brawl.

A livid Nolan Arenado tossed the catcher aside to spark a bench-clearing scuffle with the Mets

BASEBRAWL … kinda.

We have our first (almost) BASEBRAWL of the season, folks.

Tensions had been brewing for much of this three-game series between the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets amid a flurry of hit by pitches. And on Wednesday, those tensions finally boiled over.

The Mets have complained about their hit by pitch rate this season, which leads the league with 19 hit batsmen — almost twice that of the next closest team. And on Tuesday night, Pete Alonso was hit on the helmet with a pitch for the second time this season, sparking pitcher Chris Bassitt to call out MLB over the baseballs.

Now, come Wednesday’s finale, the Cardinals were probably expecting retaliation from the Mets. But the game generally went smoothly until J.D. Davis was hit on the foot by a pitch and had to leave the game in the eighth inning.

While it’s hard to imagine anyone intentionally hitting a batter on a 3-2 pitch, that 96 mph fastball from Genesis Cabrera had to hurt. So, the Cardinals went into the bottom half of the inning on edge for that possible retribution (because, baseball’s lame unwritten rules and whatnot). Nolan Arenado led off the inning, and as an MLB All-Star, he was an obvious candidate to throw at.

There was just one problem: Mets pitcher Yoan Lopez didn’t really throw at Arenado.

The first pitch of the inning was slightly up and in, but it wasn’t going to hit Arenado even if he didn’t move out of the way.

Arenado didn’t care. He started shouting at Lopez and the entire situation escalated when catcher Tomas Nido — trying to calm Arenado down — got tossed aside. You can see that Pete Alonso was wrestled to the ground during the bench-clearing incident too.

Baseball player sparks massive brawl during his HR trot and then gets called up by the D-backs

Quite the weekend.

Henry Ramos has spent 11 seasons at various levels of minor-league baseball without a big-league appearance. Well, that’s about to change, and he’s going to have a lot to talk about with his new teammates in Arizona.

While playing in Friday’s game for the Diamondbacks’ Triple-A affiliate Reno Aces, Ramos hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning of an already-lopsided game. Ramos flipped his bat on the home run — which is totally fine — but the Tacoma Rainiers players took exception and started shouting at Ramos as he made his way around the bases.

The whole scene escalated when Rainiers shortstop Donovan Walton ran after Ramos around third base. Ramos turned around, stopped his trot and chucked his helmet at Walton. Mayhem ensued …

You don’t see helmet throws in brawls too often. Bryce Harper tried it in 2017, but the throw was awful. Ramos instead connected on his helmet toss but didn’t appear to land any punches.

Ramos, Walton and three other players were ejected for the brawl. And the run counted despite Ramos never completing his home run trot.

But the big-league club must’ve liked what they saw because on Sunday, the Diamondbacks called Ramos up.

He hopes to make his MLB debut in the coming days after a wild weekend.

Ramon Laureano on trying to fight Astros hitting coach: ‘I regret charging him because he’s a loser’

Explaining Sunday’s brawl.

As MLB weighs its disciplinary decision following Sunday’s brawl between the A’s Ramon Laureano and Astros hitting coach Alex Cintron, Laureano offered his side of the story to reporters on Monday.

In an interview with ESPN, Laureano said that Cintron instigated the fight when he made an obscene comment about Laureano’s mother. Cintron — in a response through an Astros spokesperson — denied to ESPN that he insulted Laureano’s mother.

But mainly, Laureano said he regretted that he let Cintron get him so fired up that he looked to fight someone despite MLB’s strong emphasis against brawls during this pandemic-shortened season.

Laureano said:

“I regret charging him because he’s a loser. [A suspension] is understandable, but I hope it’s not that many games.

“At the end of the day, I’m here to win a World Series with the Oakland Athletics — this wonderful group of guys. I don’t want to be a distraction. Obviously, I am right now. Hey, I’ve already moved on. I’m facing Julio Teheran today, and that’s all I’m thinking right now.”

That’s some serious Conor McGregor apology vibes right there, but Cintron should get the harsher punishment here. He’s a coach and shouldn’t be urging opponents to fight.

Laureano added that he had no ill will towards the Astros, and he didn’t think any of the pitches that hit him during the series were intentional.

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The Astros and A’s had a bench-clearing brawl despite MLB’s stern warning

MLB won’t like that.

Heading into the restarted 2020 baseball season, MLB made it clear in its healthy and safety guidelines that fighting would not be tolerated.

After all, the season was going to be played outside of a bubble setting with teams both traveling and not facing restrictions on the road (which is already proving problematic). The last thing MLB wanted to see was two teams come into extremely close contact and start fighting.

Well, MLB will have a chance to show the baseball world how serious it was about that warning.

During the seventh inning of the Athletics’ game against the Astros on Sunday, Ramon Laureano was furious after being hit with a pitch for the second time in the game. He exchanged words with the Astros as he made his way to first base, but chatter from the Astros dugout set Laureano off.

We could see as Astros hitting coach Alex Cintron challenged Laureano to a fight, calling him over. And Laureano charged after Cintron after that.

MLB has come under fire this season for protecting the Astros amid their cheating scandal. Dodgers pitcher Joe Kelly was hit with an eight-game suspension earlier in the year for throwing at (and mocking) Astros players. But Cintron and Laureano both deserve a harsh punishment here.

These brawls simply can’t happen with MLB’s current season setup during an ongoing pandemic.

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