A Subtle Protest As A Pitcher Is Out The Door...

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Kanekoa Texeira was on his way out the door after giving up a bases-loaded walk that made a tight game between Gwinnett and Charlotte a little tighter...

But that didn't stop KT from dropping some of his gear along the way...

The HQ figures he didn't like the balls and strikes calls that were made against him while he was on the mound...


No word yet on whether or not Texeira got a fine from the league or his bosses over the jettisoning of his gear...

How's This For A 4-6-3 Ground Out...???

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Toledo and Charlotte in Charlotte...

And you'd think that a grounder through the pitcher's legs would go for a clean single to center, but you'd be wrong.
Just ask Brandon Douglas and Hernan Perez how to retire Carlos Sanchez...

"That Is One Heck Of An Exit..."

((HT: Deadspin/Kevin Weinheimer))

This is the first time that the HQ has seen this after an ejection...

Last night, as Norfolk was playing Charlotte in triple-A, Quintin Berry for Norfolk gets a single to right, squares off with the first base umpire, and then completes his actions the only way a baseball player knows to at times...


No word from minor league baseball offices or the Tides themselves if anything else is happening to Berry after his creative display of eff-you to the guys dressed in black...

A Special Animal Guest On Animal Day In Charlotte

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Charlotte Knights TV reporter Tommy Viola found a special "Animal" to catch up with for "Animal Day" at the ballpark.

"George the Animal" Steele


The HQ shares this because we were just as big a mark as the next guy growing up...

Like in 1987...
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