Current Events > Pitcher tackles batter after he hit a home run

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i7DWj7yebM

*16 seconds* When the DOOM music kicks in....

Someone's been watching too much Hockey...

This is from hella long ago.. I was watching it like I know Ive seen this before

Two year old clip goes entirely without comment and then suddenly gets bumped two days later

Hmm

Well that was some poor sportsmanship. Did the batter say or do anything to piss off the pitcher? You don't see the batter in the video when he's rounding first base.

Oh this is an old clip.

Impressive distance on knocking the hat off, but what a dumbass. Now he's just done forever.

I get that it's a disorder, but people with anger issues are just... they belong away from other people if they can't be coerced into therapy.

Guide posted...

I get that it's a disorder, but people with anger issues are just... they belong away from other people if they can't be coerced into therapy.

..what are you even talking about? Weird soapbox.

btw the context isn't that the pitcher randomly had anger issues. the context is that the baserunner in question had taunted the pitcher numerous times, including shouting obscenities at him, before this incident, and shouted more obscenities at him as he rounded the bases. multiple players from both teams were suspended, and the game was thrown out and ruled a forfeit by both teams

and yes this is multiple years old

Dudebusters posted...

..what are you even talking about? Weird soapbox.

...The guy who tackled the other guy was unduly angry. Hence the related tangent of anger issues.

edit: well now with all that background info

it seems less undue yeah

Baseball always seemed like a civilized sport to me. But in recent years I keep hearing about baseball fights like this incident. Turns out many baseball players get pretty violent

Dudebusters posted...

btw the context isn't that the pitcher randomly had anger issues. the context is that the baserunner in question had taunted the pitcher numerous times, including shouting obscenities at him, before this incident, and shouted more obscenities at him as he rounded the bases. multiple players from both teams were suspended, and the game was thrown out and ruled a forfeit by both teams

and yes this is multiple years old

If your response to mean words is physical violence, I'd say you have some form of anger issues.

Dudebusters posted...

btw the context isn't that the pitcher randomly had anger issues. the context is that the baserunner in question had taunted the pitcher numerous times, including shouting obscenities at him, before this incident, and shouted more obscenities at him as he rounded the bases. multiple players from both teams were suspended, and the game was thrown out and ruled a forfeit by both teams

and yes this is multiple years old

thought so.

sum ppl never learn their lesson smdh

Zikten posted...

Baseball always seemed like a civilized sport to me. But in recent years I keep hearing about baseball fights like this incident. Turns out many baseball players get pretty violent

The history of baseball is full of violence. The deadball era was full of violent thugs whose antics sometimes compromised the profitability of teams, as fans would threaten boycott if players were too unruly and deemed "disgraces to society." Professional baseball was widely seen as "disreputable" for several decades because of instances of violence, drunken carousing, and gambling scandals. Ironically, it was America's obsession with the exploits of Babe Ruth that relaxed national attitudes about the game. Among other issues, Ruth was notoriously hot tempered (including multiple ejections for fighting, with perhaps the most famous incident being when he punched an umpire; his replacement subsequently threw 9 innings of no-hit baseball), but he was so personally charismatic and prodigiously talented that the general public gave him a pass and eventually, the seedier aspects of the baseball lifestyle (drunkenness, womanizing, violence in public and domestically) became considerably less scrutinized. For every Christy Mathewson or Lou Gehrig (college educated men who, were respectively known for Christian and familial piety) that were hailed as en exemplars of professional and personal conduct, there were 20 Babe Ruths (a latchkey kid from the slums who grew up on the streets and in a reformatory) or Honus Wagners** (grew up in extreme poverty, working from a very early age to support the family; many of these players were discovered playing for company teams) where violence was a fact of life in their worlds, yet there eventually came to be a tolerance of these "hard men" so long as they weren't explicitly breaking the law.

**Wagner was by all accounts a very respectable player in terms of personal and professional conduct. His was just the first name that came to mind regarding secondary examples of deadball superstars that came from difficult circumstances.

gmanthebest posted...

If your response to mean words is physical violence, I'd say you have some form of anger issues.

Nah, if it's consistent enough, anyone's going to lose their shit. Baseball games take several hours, imagine just taking that all fucking day while trying to behave.

At the time, I thought he tackled him because of other unspoken rules. Looks like he just needed an excuse. Lol

The umpire starts pointing at the batter after he rounds second, so he was definitely talking shit

Maybe it was a congratulatory tackle and the pitcher is simply unfamiliar with American customs?

Or maybe he's a prick

Guide posted...

Nah, if it's consistent enough, anyone's going to lose their shit. Baseball games take several hours, imagine just taking that all fucking day while trying to behave.

Then ask the ump to tell him to stop or something. No need to physically hurt someone over your feelings being hurt

gmanthebest posted...

If your response to mean words is physical violence, I'd say you have some form of anger issues.

gmanthebest posted...

If your response to mean words is physical violence, I'd say you have some form of anger issues.

Most people have some form of anger issues then. People shouldn't have to tolerate non stop verbal abuse and unfortunately getting physical is the easiest way to teach them a lesson. Other forms of punishment take too long and often times don't correct the issues (as in they'll keep doing the same shit afterwards)

MrFingers07 posted...

Most people have some form of anger issues then. People shouldn't have to tolerate non stop verbal abuse and unfortunately getting physical is the easiest way to teach them a lesson. Other forms of punishment take too long and often times don't correct the issues (as in they'll keep doing the same shit afterwards)

Get over yourself. If someone is harassing you, you call the cops. You don't make things worse by assaulting someone and then getting yourself arrested all because you lose your cool. Is some dumbass being hurt for a few minutes worth losing your freedom over?