Tag: Fights

5-foot-4 Nathan Gerbe levels Claude Giroux with huge hit, then takes down 6-foot-4 Flyer in fight

All hail Tiny Gerbe!

Nathan Gerbe has had a bit of a journeyman career in the NHL. After a stellar college career with Boston College, Gerbe played for years for the Sabres and Hurricanes, before landing in Europe. He’s now back in the league with the Blue Jackets.

That’s all well and good. Gerbe’s a great hockey player and has carved out a nice career for himself. But for the purposes of this article, what’s really important is that Gerbe is 5-foot-4.

That makes what he did against the Flyers so special on Thursday night. First, Gerbe leveled Claude Giroux with a massive hit. Then, when Giroux’s teammate, Travis Sanheim, came after him, Gerbe took Sanheim to the ice.

Sanheim is 6-foot-4. He is one foot taller than Gerbe.

The Flyers ended up winning 4-3, but whatever. Look at the little man go.

Also, full disclosure here: I actually met Nathan Gerbe when I was like 19 and I visited my friend Kyle who played hockey with him at Boston College. This was 2005, I think. I woke up feeling pretty rough for … poor decisions I had made … and Gerbe brought me a Pedialyte and two Advil. I will forever appreciate him for that.

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Player hits opposing catcher with his bat in wild Venezuelan baseball brawl

WHOA.

The decade isn’t even 10 days old, and we already have the clubhouse leader for the most intense basebrawl of the decade.

A Wednesday night Venezuelan League baseball game turned ugly when a matchup between Caribes de Anzoategui and Aguilas de Zulia turned into a full-out brawl.

The fight happened in the eighth inning of a 13-1 game with Aguilas right fielder Alex Romero at the plate. Caribes pitcher Angel Nesbitt threw the 3-0 pitch behind Romero, and the Aguilas player completely lost it. With almost no hesitation, Romero turned to catcher Gabriel Lino and started hitting him with the bat (!!!). That predictably sent the game into a state of chaos.

Forget running to the mound to confront the pitcher — Romero saved himself some steps and went right after the catcher. You don’t see that too often, especially when a bat is involved.

Lino responded to the bat attack by throwing his glove at Romero because of course.

And amid all of the mayhem, the umpiring crew backed away to let the teams go at it. Eventually, the brawl would come to an end.

Caribes went on to win, 13-2.

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