If you watched any baseball this weekend you saw AJ Pierzynski run over Michael Barrett on a play at the plate. Michael Barrett was clearly in the wrong and deserved to get run over. If you do not have the ball do not get in the way of the runner, its a rule its called runner interference Michael. You deserved to get leveled. But what ensued was pure comedy. Pierzynski crawled back to the plate and emphatically slapped it, Pierzynski is definately a weird guy, basically a humurous scumbag. He then stood up and walked towards Barrett took a slide step to get around him to get at his helmet and then Barrett bear hugged him said something and threw a right hook. In addition yesterday Pierzynski hit a Home Run and upon arriving at the plate celebrated by doing the pitcher Carlos Zambrano's fist pump kiss point to the sky thing which I thought was trademarked by Sammy Sosa so maybe AJ will have a surprise royalty fee charge coming in the mail. But sometimes you have to watch and enjoy scumbag instigators like AJ, this was one of those times.
Here's the You Tube Video of the collision (I love You Tube): Barrett vs. AJ
So this made me think of some of my favorite baseball brawls of all time and hand out awards:
Biggest Instagator/Scumbag of the Times: Julian Tavarez of the Red Sox, this man seemingly gets into a fight every year. My favorite was the time he through his glove to the ground and waved the hitter on, classic moment. This spring he got into a fight in Spring Training, who said spring training wasn't great practice, Julian needed some prep work for any future bean ball stimulated brawl which should be happening in the coming months.
Worst Showing of Kung Fu by an Asian: Chan Ho Park, currently of the Padres at the time with the Dodgers. My buddy Smith, black belt to the 3rd degree (who knew there were 5 shades of black), will not be using the video of this jumping scissor kick for training purposes. Video in the ESPN Top 10 Link below.
Best Eye for an Eye: Torii Hunter, by the way is the extra i supposed to make you feel like Tori is a manly name, anyway when getting drilled by a pitch from Danys Baez, Torii picked up the ball walked a few steps and chucked a 90+ mph fastball right back at Danys knees. Classic Comedy. Can't find the video but here's a sum up game recap.
Best Fight Rivalry: Yankees v. Red Sox. Whether it be the 70s brawls between Piniella or Munson and Fisk, Arod vs. V-Tek, or Old Man Zimmer and the mighty Pedro. The Yanks Sox have done much to the history of baseball brawling.
Worst Decision by a Pitcher: Paul Wilson, then of the Reds decided it was a good idea to wave on an intimidating 6-4 240+ lbs beast of a man Kyle Farnsworth after Farnsworth threw at him. What ensued was a beat down of epic proportions. Farnsworth speared Wilson to the ground and proceeded to throw hooks leaving Paul Wilson battered and bloody.
Dumbest Batter of All Time: Gerald Williams, after being hit in a game against the Red Sox by Pedro Martinez Gerald contemplated for a second than charged the hill. Hey Gerald, Pedro had a perfect game I don't think he was throwing at you.
Biggest Beatdown by an Old Man: Nolan Ryan. He may have been old and have been pitching in the majors for as long as Robin Ventura was alive, but when Ventura charged the mound he was a victim of the Noogie Patrol's chief. Every bully in elementary schools around the world were proud of Nolan on that day.
Douchebag of All Douchebags: Ben Christensen. The college pitcher who wen his opponent was warming up in between innings, apparently timing his pitches, took it upon himself to teach him a lesson. Christensen unleashed his hardest fastball and drilled Evansville's Anthony Molina in the face which resulted in eye surgeries. Wow now thats evil.
Coolest Use of a Karate Kick: Izzy Alcontera, who on an inside fastball turned around kicked the catcher in the chest and then sprinted after the pitcher. This is my favorite baseball brawl of all time I love it.
ESPN's Top 10
Here's the You Tube Video of the collision (I love You Tube): Barrett vs. AJ
So this made me think of some of my favorite baseball brawls of all time and hand out awards:
Biggest Instagator/Scumbag of the Times: Julian Tavarez of the Red Sox, this man seemingly gets into a fight every year. My favorite was the time he through his glove to the ground and waved the hitter on, classic moment. This spring he got into a fight in Spring Training, who said spring training wasn't great practice, Julian needed some prep work for any future bean ball stimulated brawl which should be happening in the coming months.
Worst Showing of Kung Fu by an Asian: Chan Ho Park, currently of the Padres at the time with the Dodgers. My buddy Smith, black belt to the 3rd degree (who knew there were 5 shades of black), will not be using the video of this jumping scissor kick for training purposes. Video in the ESPN Top 10 Link below.
Best Eye for an Eye: Torii Hunter, by the way is the extra i supposed to make you feel like Tori is a manly name, anyway when getting drilled by a pitch from Danys Baez, Torii picked up the ball walked a few steps and chucked a 90+ mph fastball right back at Danys knees. Classic Comedy. Can't find the video but here's a sum up game recap.
Best Fight Rivalry: Yankees v. Red Sox. Whether it be the 70s brawls between Piniella or Munson and Fisk, Arod vs. V-Tek, or Old Man Zimmer and the mighty Pedro. The Yanks Sox have done much to the history of baseball brawling.
Worst Decision by a Pitcher: Paul Wilson, then of the Reds decided it was a good idea to wave on an intimidating 6-4 240+ lbs beast of a man Kyle Farnsworth after Farnsworth threw at him. What ensued was a beat down of epic proportions. Farnsworth speared Wilson to the ground and proceeded to throw hooks leaving Paul Wilson battered and bloody.
Dumbest Batter of All Time: Gerald Williams, after being hit in a game against the Red Sox by Pedro Martinez Gerald contemplated for a second than charged the hill. Hey Gerald, Pedro had a perfect game I don't think he was throwing at you.
Biggest Beatdown by an Old Man: Nolan Ryan. He may have been old and have been pitching in the majors for as long as Robin Ventura was alive, but when Ventura charged the mound he was a victim of the Noogie Patrol's chief. Every bully in elementary schools around the world were proud of Nolan on that day.
Douchebag of All Douchebags: Ben Christensen. The college pitcher who wen his opponent was warming up in between innings, apparently timing his pitches, took it upon himself to teach him a lesson. Christensen unleashed his hardest fastball and drilled Evansville's Anthony Molina in the face which resulted in eye surgeries. Wow now thats evil.
Coolest Use of a Karate Kick: Izzy Alcontera, who on an inside fastball turned around kicked the catcher in the chest and then sprinted after the pitcher. This is my favorite baseball brawl of all time I love it.
ESPN's Top 10
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