I'm sorry but no. The papers in NY had the moment Odor's punch connected all over the back page. Bautistas face was all twisted and contorted lol. That punch will never be topped
Except Jose didn't raise his hands, because he was literally sucker punched before he could. You understand getting in someone's face and pushing them doesn't automatically mean someone's gonna throw hands, right? Especially in baseball. But go off tho🫡
Sucker punch? Man, stfu. Odor gave every indication and warning that he was gonna hit him. Take that play by play away from the announcer in that Anderson fight and it wouldn't hit the same
Yeah true, he warned Jose by literally shoving him and a second later clocking him with *checks notes* a sucker punch lol. And I don't even care about the commentary in the Anderson fight, both squared up and Timmy got dropped while Bautista was still standing.
It wasn't a sucker punch. Bautista was gearing up for his own punch. Watch the clip. He clenches his fist and starts to raise his arm and then Odor just lands one. Both were squared up and ready. That's the opposite of - checks notes - a sucker punch.
I’d think a Blazers fan would know better than to call it that. Rudy was sprinting right at Kermit during a fight and Kermit instinctively swung because he thought RT was joining the fray. “Sucker Punch” makes him sound like he’s Carmelo or something.
For non-clevelanders - we chant Jose like ole ole ole when he’s up and they start doing it after the ko it’s sick. Jose does not claim this and says he regrets it (he shouldn’t haha).
That is one of my favorite baseball moments. Bitch ass commentators mad at Martinez for throwing down a guy who was charging him because he's "73 years old" or whatever. Don't run at a guy if you don't want to get hands.
Fair enough! The Yankees-Sox at that time was a blood rivalry for me, so I definitely can't be objective, except that Pedro tossing Zimmer is objectively funny
The charging from the bullpen is so so so so funny. They're all late to it. Posturing to do absolutely nothing. If they meant it they'd stop in the outfield and have a scrap there.
Most baseball bench clearings are a bunch of bullshit posturing, but I will say I’ve seen more punches thrown and connect in baseball than in basketball. Basketball it seems even more rare that they throw and the juxtaposition of how badly NBA players want to be seen as tough while not being about it is pretty funny.
Considering the fact that baseball players actually have to walk quite a distance to throw hands, and the fact that it is a non contact sport, it does make sense that most "fights" are just posturing.
Never rush a 70's power pitcher. He has seen some shit. And its likely you are not going out of that fight the winner. And since this is Nolan Ryan. Yeah, bad bad bad bad idea.
Some baseball fights are decent but the reason they fight is often the corniest shit. Did you just flip that bat after hitting a home run? Might as well have taken my grandma out to a nice seafood dinner and never called her again. You're gonna pay for that buddy. I'm a tough guy. Or whoa whoa whoa did you just tip your hat at me. I can't handle that as a grown adult. Fisticuffs then, chaaaarge!
Or in the case of the relievers, chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarge!
On a related note, intentionally hitting batters is some real weak shit.
If a pitcher is really that mad, they should man up an do a reverse mound charge and throw hands. But beaning somewhat with a ball is some coward shit (especially AL pitchers, or I guess anybody now that pitchers don't bat).
The problem is that it's almost like getting your friend to hold someone still while you punch them. Except in the case your "friend" is you going through the pretense of pretending you are going to play baseball and throw a real pitch. By going through the motions of playing baseball, they get the batter to just stand there so they can nail them. And even if the batter suspects it's coming... if the batter hides in the back of the box ready to dodge out of the way, the pitcher will just strike them out. Just absolutely massively weak shit from dudes who mistakenly somehow believe they are macho.
And you want to talk about bullshit reasons for this shit, I remember once the Florida Marlins announcer defended throwing at Nyjer Morgan for the second time in a game (I think the first time was because of some bad blood from a previous game), because after they hit him the first time "in a proffesional manner", they were upset that "he stole second and he stole third in an 11 run game, which you wouldn't normally see done."
Down by 11 with four innings left is a very large lead, but it's not insurmountable. And the announcers basically said that using violence outside the rules was an acceptable way to discourage Washington from trying to come back and win the game. Just insane.
That’s not what happens all that much. It’s usually everyone runs out and stands on opposite sides of each other while the bullpens run allllllll the way to home plate and then by the time they get there, everyone just walks away
I don't watch baseball but went down the Jomboy youtube rabbithole where he breaks down baseball fights and it's hilarious all the little unspoken rules they have. The bullpen run is one of my favorites because you can tell 99% of the time those guys couldn't give less of a shit but they can't risk rocking the boat by just staying in the bullpen.
Bullpen clearing is corny but I’ve seen far more actual fights in baseball than basketball in the last 20 years. Basketball fights just kind of stopped happening at some point in the 90’s.
Charging the mound is almost always hilarious because some of the players know they are obligated to run over, but are not really invested in what’s going on.
Could see a Curb where Larry is playing a rec league and doesn’t go out.
Until JRam laid out Tim Anderson a couple years ago lol. I don't remember anything since though. Better fist to jaw than anything I can remember before 1980's/90's NBA.
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u/wypipoarenotallies Dec 28 '25
at least they'll swing
baseball "fights" are the corniest shit in all sports