DEVELOPING: Marlins' Stanton Hit By Fastball In The Face

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And it went downhill from there...

Here's what started it all...


Then, pinch-hitter Reed Johnson came up to complete the at-bat and he got hit in the hand with the next pitch.

Benches clear and we had ejections.
((HT: Ryan Berenz))


In the 6th, Marlins reliever Anthony DeSclafani was ejected after hitting the Brewers' Carlos Gomez.

Then, we had more ejections.

The update from the Marlins:

Giancarlo suffered a laceration on the left side of his face. He is having x-rays and a CT scan performed at a local hospital.

Manny Machado Misses In Alleged Intentional Bat Toss

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The Baltimore Orioles Manny Machado thought he was thrown at by the Oakland A's Fernando Abad IN A 10-0 GAME THEY WERE LOSING IN...

So, on the next pitch Machado decided to work the hammer throw...


Machado and Abad both got tossed and Oakland won 11-1

No word on if there will be any more discipline from the league...

This comes on the heels of Machado prompting the benches to clear Friday night. He took offense to a swipe tag by the A's Josh Donaldson, threw his helmet down, said lots of angry words which was enough for the dugouts to empty before Machado was steered away.

The two incidents combined, yeah, that might the attention of the powers that be...

Big Papi Got No Respect For David Price No More

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Tempers flared multiple times last night at Fenway as the Tampa bay Rays went after Boston.

And for David Price it seemed like last night was his opportunity to get back at David Ortiz after his playoff homer that rubbed Price the wrong way.

All the brushback and blowback is below


Papi talked after the game and called Price out...
It was quite colorful

MLB Looking Into Ump-Torii Hunter Incident

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The Orioles Bud Norris gave up a home run ball to Ian Kinsler last night and, then, Torii Hunter was the next batter.

He got plunked in the ribs, the benches emptied, and then there was a moment with umpire Paul Nauert


Torii sloughed it off saying that Nauert was just getting him to focus- the two knew each other way too long for anything malicious to be thought of it...

But MLB will look into it, anyway...

Pirates and Brewers Brawl Over Carlos Gomez

Say what you will, but Milwaukee Brewers star Carlos Gomez is a talented guy. A fantastic baseball player, who hits for power, has speed to spare and can go get them in centerfield.

But Gomez also seems to be a lightning rod for trouble because he shows off.

In 2013, he set off a bench clearing situation with the Atlanta Braves on a home run when Braves catcher Brian McCann wouldn't let him cross the plate.

Sunday afternoon, his casual bat flip after hitting a ball off the wall in dead centerfield during a game with the Pittsburgh Pirates set off a wild scene that saw punches fly, Gomez get tossed around and Pirates outfielder Travis Snider get his hat knocked off by an attempted punch.

After the bat flip, Gomez eventually ran full speed before beating the throw to third with a headfirst slide. Pirates pitcher Gerrit Cole who went to back-up the throw began shouting at Gomez, who shouted back and the chaos ensued.

Gomez and Snider were ejected along with Milwaukee bench coach Jerry Narron. Nobody appears to have been injured and you can expect the fines to begin rolling in on Monday.

Gators And Seminoles Brawl, Jameis Winston Gets Involved

It's a fact of life in Florida, Gators and Seminoles don't get along.

Tuesday night in Jacksonville the top ranked Florida State Seminoles faced Florida in a college baseball game and the fireworks went off in the eighth inning.

FSU's D.J. Stewart collided with UF left-handed pitcher Danny Young hustling down the line.  Gator first baseman Zack Powers took exception shoving Stewart.

Then it was on.




What makes this more interesting is that Heisman Trophy winner and FSU closer Jameis Winston was involved in the brawl.

Florida ended up winning the game 4-1.

Florida State head coach Mike Martin who is known to deliver some great quotes had some good ones summing up this game for the Florida Times-Union.

There's no doubt that the testosterone and the adrenaline kicked in." Martin said. "Those men are very strong and very active.  The hands got a little quicker. The motivation rose. Just very proud of our baseball team, and the way that we fought. We certainly didn't back down from anything, and that makes every Seminole proud, because that's what we're about." 

One Of The Worst Brawls You'll Ever See...

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Take you to Cuban baseball for this one...

First, just watch... pretty wild...


Now, the background...

Villa Clara pitcher Freddy Alvarez gives up a homer and then hits two batters afterwards. After the second batter got buzzed, a player came in from the dugout with the bat and started swinging...

You saw the self-defense. Now, the HQ just wonders how much of a suspension that Matanzas player Demis Valdes will get...
Even with a swing and a miss...

Carlos Zambrano Starts Brawl In Venezuela

Former major league pitcher Carlos Zambrano is apologizing for starting a brawl during Venezuela's winter league series final.

In Game 3 of the finals, this happened when the opposing pitcher threw at one of Zambrano's teammates...


His apology was carried Monday by El Nacional newspaper, and translated from the article said in part:

"I got a hit, fell, during the brawl. The most disadvantaged was I by the stupidity of wanting to take justice into my hands, when the Bible says that justice is God's. But I am human, I am not perfect,"said del Toro, after becoming the center of attraction of the brawl that sailors and Caribs, staged at the top of the sixth inning of the third game of the final.

"What happens on the pitch stays there, said Zambrano."This will not end today or tomorrow. If you stick a pitch in the major leagues, many people will go to the mound and you will want to arrange things in a very unprofessional way."

"It was an embarrassing moment. Last night when I went to the dugout I didn't have to get out more so. It gave me grief with God and the fans. It was a moment of impulse".

The LVBP (Venezuelan Pro Baseball League) was looking at tape to determine any kind of discipline- that could even keep Zambrano from pitching in a 5th game if the series goes that far...

OSG High: SC HS Game Marred By Brawl

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It wasn't the only one last night that went this way, but it certainly seems to be the loudest one that the HQ has come across...

The Boiling Springs-Gaffney in suburban Greenville boys game got out of hand last night- in the second quarter...

Gaffney would eventually win 83-81 in overtime. But the after effects of the brawl were that several players were ejected, including each team's benches for coming onto the floor. It left Boiling Springs with five players for the remainder of the contest and Gaffney with four.

Until overtime... when Gaffney had a player foul out and they had to play three-on-five for most of the free hoops time...

Here's the recap...
WSPA

EVERYBODY'S THE THIRD MAN!!! Early Contender: Brawl Of The Year

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The HQ will admit to being a fan of the Danbury Trashers from the UHL and the Danbury Whalers in their current Federal Hockey League. They can add the Danville Dashers to all their fun- and they had their claim to fame against the Watertown Privateers over the weekend...

This happened in the third period...


And local announcers in these situations are awesome, aren't they...???

Here's the breakdown for all the fisticuffs- 30 penalties overall for 170 minutes...

Watertown - Kris McCarthy - (Fighting) (Major), 5 MIN, 7:08
Watertown - Kris McCarthy - (Fighting) (Game Misconduct), 10 MIN, 7:08
Watertown - Jeff Dill - (Fighting) (Major), 5 MIN, 7:08
Watertown - Jeff Dill - (Fighting) (Game Misconduct), 10 MIN, 7:08
Watertown - Dustin Skinner - (Fighting) (Major), 5 MIN, 7:08
Watertown - Dustin Skinner - (Fighting) (Game Misconduct), 10 MIN, 7:08
Watertown - Colby Spooner - (Fighting) (Major), 5 MIN, 7:08
Watertown - Colby Spooner - (Fighting) (Game Misconduct), 10 MIN, 7:08
Watertown - Liam Tully - (Fighting) (Major), 5 MIN, 7:08
Watertown - Liam Tully - (Fighting) (Game Misconduct), 10 MIN, 7:08
Danville - Jamie Zaleski - (Fighting) (Major), 5 MIN, 7:08
Danville - Jamie Zaleski - (Fighting) (Game Misconduct), 10 MIN, 7:08
Danville - Dustin Henning - (Fighting) (Major), 5 MIN, 7:08
Danville - Dustin Henning - (Fighting) (Game Misconduct), 10 MIN, 7:08
Danville - Ryan Huggett - (Fighting) (Major), 5 MIN, 7:08
Danville - Ryan Huggett - (Fighting) (Game Misconduct), 10 MIN, 7:08
Danville - Justin Barr - (Fighting) (Major), 5 MIN, 7:08
Danville - Justin Barr - (Fighting) (Game Misconduct), 10 MIN, 7:08
Danville - Nick Niedert - (Fighting) (Major), 5 MIN, 7:08
Danville - Nick Niedert - (Roughing), 2 MIN, 7:08
Danville - James Robbins - (Leaving Players Bench) (Game Misconduct), 10 MIN, 7:08

Danville is still at the bottom of the table- 15 points behind Watertown

OSG Prem: Saints-Newscastle Spiral Out Of Control

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Newscastle manager Alan Pardew was let go by Southampton a few years ago and wasn't too happy about it...

They played for the first time in the Premier League and the game, understandably, degraded at the end...

First, the ref gets popped in the nose by an inadvertent shot as Sissoko was mad at the Southampton goalie.
Then, the benches go after each other in stoppage time...

Not out of the ordinary for these two...
Evidence below...

JuCo Football Game Turns Into Hell In A Cell...

((HT: Lost Lettermen/Jamaal Street))

This was the end of the Long Beach City College 55-10 rout of College of the Deserts...

Enjoy...


With 1:10 remaining, it was interesting to see the Deserts defensive player (who ran for a score after the whistle) come back and buck-buck the offensive lineman...

And it is interesting to see if the same person shooting the video is the person heckling the Deserts players...

Newspaper reports have the brawl getting more interesting after the video stopped...

From Mike Guardabascio at the Long Beach Gazette newspaper:

After that, players exploded from both sidelines, throwing punches and helmets, as a few dozen fans jumped over the Vets railings to join in.

After things had been calmed down, a Vikings player punched a Roadrunners assistant to start it back up again.

LBCC finished 4-6...

Chris Johnson Doesn't Appreciate Those Who Watch Homeruns

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This was one of those incidents that had a lot of things wrong with it...

And, mostly, it was because of how entirely young the Miami Marlins are...

It all starts with a home run... by a pitcher...

Here's what went down...


So, did Fernandez cause the furor by staring...? Yes...
Was it immature...? Yes...
Was McCann in the right by trying to explain etiquette to Fernandez...? Yes...

Do young kids in a group lend itself to immaturity...? And, when confronted by veterans does something like this escalate...? Yes.

Fernandez wasn't a fan of what Evan Gattis did when he homered earlier, so he may have retaliated. But Fernandez said McCann told him "You can't do that Buddy. He talked to me like a friend, a father."

Which may have put an end to the whole thing- until the next time Fernandez pitches against the Braves...

Ian Kennedy Gets 10 Game Suspension In The Dodgers/Diamondbacks Brawl

The czars of MLB discipline handed out their punishments from the brawl Tuesday night between the D-Back and the Dodgers.

In case you forgot what happened, roll the videotape.



Diamondback pitcher Ian Kennedy has received a 10-game suspension for intentionally throwing a pitch toward the head of the Dodgers Zach Greinke in the bottom of the seventh inning after a warning had already been issued to both Clubs earlier in the game.

Both managers, Kirk Gibson of the D-Backs and Don Mattingly of the Dodgers got one game suspensions each.  Gibson's suspension is for the intentional actions of Kennedy after a warning had been issued (MLB speak) and Mattingly for "....the actions of his Club and for his conduct during the incident."

Mattingly threw down Diamondback coach Alan Trammell. 

Oh there's more, D-Backs Eric Henske left the dugout and in the words of MLB acted agressively during the incident.  That's going to cost Henske five games.

Dodger pitcher J.P. Howell, infielder/outfielder Skip Schumaker and hitting coach Mark McGwire each received two game suspensions.

A Huge Brawl Between D-Backs & Dodgers

The Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers had a bench clearing brawl in the 7th inning
of Tuesday nights game at Dodger Stadium.

This had been brewing since the sixth inning when D-Backs pitcher Ian Kennedy beaned Dodger phenom Yasiel Puig with a 92 MPH fastball in the face. 

In the top of the seventh Dodger pitcher Zach Greinke retaliated beaning Diamondback catcher Miguel Montero.  The benches emptied but no punches were thrown.

“It’s just baseball from the standpoint that Puig gets hit in the face, Montero gets hit and it’s over,” Dodger manager Don Mattingly said. “It should have really been over at that point.”

It wasn't.

Next came the Dodgers turn to bat in the seventh and the first pitch Greinke faced in his at-bat hit him in the shoulder.

And then it was on.



Here's the blow-by-blow description; Puig threw an overhand punch that caught D-Backs reserve infielder Eric Hinske in the back of the head.  Also Dodger manager Don Mattingly threw down Diamondbacks coach Alan Trammel in a "back to the 80's" moment.

Dodger hitting coach Mark McGwire was also hot under the collar.  His confrontation with
Diamondbacks coach Matt Williams and manager Kirk Gibson was good for the way back machine too.

By the way the Dodgers defeated the D-Backs 5-3 on Tim Federowicz's three run double in the bottom of the eighth.

Dodgers Zach Greinke Suffers Broken Collarbone In Bench Clearing Brawl

Carlos Quentin & Zack Greinke In A Brawl

I'm guessing Carlos Quentin doesn't particularly like Zack Greinke. 

Twice Quentin had been hit by Greinke so why else would Quentin go bat-crap crazy after getting hit by Greinke's pitch.  Heck Quentin turned into it.

Here's the video evidence with the legend Vin Scully describing.


It wasn't smart of Greinke to go shoulder-to-shoulder on Quentin at the start of the brawl.  That move will put Greinke on the DL for a while.  He walked off the field escorted by Dodger trainer Sue Falsone and later it was revealed that Greinke had broken his collarbone.  That's going to cost Greinke 4-6 weeks.

Greinke says that pitch that hit Quentinwasn't thrown on purpose.



Dodger manager Don Mattingly is pissed off that Greinke will miss playing time and Quentin will not.



Maybe Quentin is just tired of getting plunked and took it out on Greinke.  Quentin has been hit by pitches more that any other major leaguer in the last five years.  The pitch he took on the left arm from Greinke was the 97th pitch to hit Quentin since the start of the 2008 season. 

**Note**--After the game, Matt Kemp of the Dodgers and Quentin got into it as the players and teams were leaving Petco Park. Police and security had to step in and separate the two.

The Dodgers and Padres have many more games to play.  Looks like the fireworks have just started.