To accentuate your point, the best part was when Beltre grabbed Bautista from behind, he just kinda let himself be held. He didn't try to get away. He just stood there. He was shocked and honestly beaten at that point, and wanted nothing to do with the fray.The best part of Odor landing that punch is that it proved how much of a bitch Bautista is.
You can tell the guy cannot fight a lick, and the evidence is in how he reacts after taking that punch. His next reaction is to put both hands up to protect himself and go into a defensive position.
He's s fake tough guy, and that ass-whipping was glorious to watch.
You should do a collage all around.That is going up on the wall in the man cave.
I would think it's much easier to defend the batter under those circumstances. The batter can just so he reacted in the heat of the moment. Whereas with a lot of these pitchers you can tell it's premeditated.I would think the intent thing is much harder to prove with a pitcher throwing at a head versus a batter charging the mound with a bat.
They had opportunities after. Gibbons is just whiny bitch and not just about this.Maybe it's just me but the Rangers came off as a bit cowardly for waiting until Bautista's final at bat of the season against them to pull this stunt.
You will not take this from us.Maybe it's just me but the Rangers came off as a bit cowardly for waiting until Bautista's final at bat of the season against them to pull this stunt.
That's been his MO about a lot of things. I posted about their bitching to the media about losing to the Rays a few weeks ago. F the Jays.They had opportunities after. Gibbons is just whiny bitch and not just about this.
I don't think so. You throw a 95mph fastball at me, ya that's dangerous. But from that distance, at least I have a chance to react and hit the deck. Come at me face to face with a bat? There's not a lot of defenses for that.I would think it's much easier to defend the batter under those circumstances. The batter can just so he reacted in the heat of the moment. Whereas with a lot of these pitchers you can tell it's premeditated.
Pitchers get butt hurt over the slightest things then try to take matters into their own hands in order to protect the "integrity of the game".
Yeah that Boston series was especially frustrating they should have won 3 out of 4.Astros have been good in almost all areas this year, except never at the same time. Rare moments when the bad starters have looked decent, the hitting falls off. Disappointing.
I am not quite ready to pack it in for the year, but there has to be a reckoning.
Yeah. Knew you would know since you see them more. Even the announcers said that about him as well. It seems he is out whining to the umps every game I see between the Rangers and Jays. F the Jays and for me it's been brewing before the bat flip.That's been his MO about a lot of things. I posted about their bitching to the media about losing to the Rays a few weeks ago. F the Jays.
I've just always had a problem with the dumbass double standard where it's somehow okay for a pitcher to use the ball as a weapon but heaven forbid the batter retaliates with his own weapon. Instead it's just chalked up as the pitcher protecting the "integrity of the game".I don't think so. You throw a 95mph fastball at me, ya that's dangerous. But from that distance, at least I have a chance to react and hit the deck. Come at me face to face with a bat? There's not a lot of defenses for that.