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ShakeyWalton wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 13:11 pm

ecleme22 wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 12:48 pm

ShakeyWalton wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 12:29 pm

ecleme22 wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 12:22 pm

ShakeyWalton wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 12:21 pm Just saw it. What a freaking idiot. To not have control of yourself to the point you smoke a guy in the face with your bat is an absolute embarrassment. That looked 100% intentional.

….you think he meant to hit Brown?

I have no idea who he meant to hit, but he 100% knew he was throwing it in the direction of people. Are you really defending this?? At 1:15 he tosses the bat, there is a LOUD gasp from the pitifully small crowd, and he looks at Brown and notices it hit him, then he just doesn't care and continues toward the dugout. The actions were indefensible. To make matters worse, he continues the tirade by throwing more stuff out there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ0rNttIQY8

So you think he meant to hit one of his coaches?

Dude, who cares who he tried to hit?? If he was trying to hit the umpire does that change the outcome? He purposely threw the bat towards a group of people, clearly saw (AND heard) he hit someone, didn't give a flying F, and proceeded to trash the filed like a petulant child.

ShakeyWalton wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 13:11 pm

ecleme22 wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 12:48 pm

ShakeyWalton wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 12:29 pm

ecleme22 wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 12:22 pm

ShakeyWalton wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 12:21 pm Just saw it. What a freaking idiot. To not have control of yourself to the point you smoke a guy in the face with your bat is an absolute embarrassment. That looked 100% intentional.

….you think he meant to hit Brown?

I have no idea who he meant to hit, but he 100% knew he was throwing it in the direction of people. Are you really defending this?? At 1:15 he tosses the bat, there is a LOUD gasp from the pitifully small crowd, and he looks at Brown and notices it hit him, then he just doesn't care and continues toward the dugout. The actions were indefensible. To make matters worse, he continues the tirade by throwing more stuff out there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ0rNttIQY8

So you think he meant to hit one of his coaches?

Dude, who cares who he tried to hit?? If he was trying to hit the umpire does that change the outcome? He purposely threw the bat towards a group of people, clearly saw (AND heard) he hit someone, didn't give a flying F, and proceeded to trash the filed like a petulant child.

ecleme22 wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 12:48 pm

ShakeyWalton wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 12:29 pm

ecleme22 wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 12:22 pm

ShakeyWalton wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 12:21 pm Just saw it. What a freaking idiot. To not have control of yourself to the point you smoke a guy in the face with your bat is an absolute embarrassment. That looked 100% intentional.

….you think he meant to hit Brown?

I have no idea who he meant to hit, but he 100% knew he was throwing it in the direction of people. Are you really defending this?? At 1:15 he tosses the bat, there is a LOUD gasp from the pitifully small crowd, and he looks at Brown and notices it hit him, then he just doesn't care and continues toward the dugout. The actions were indefensible. To make matters worse, he continues the tirade by throwing more stuff out there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ0rNttIQY8

So you think he meant to hit one of his coaches?

mycardfan wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 14:47 pm

ecleme22 wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 12:48 pm

ShakeyWalton wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 12:29 pm

ecleme22 wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 12:22 pm

ShakeyWalton wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 12:21 pm Just saw it. What a freaking idiot. To not have control of yourself to the point you smoke a guy in the face with your bat is an absolute embarrassment. That looked 100% intentional.

….you think he meant to hit Brown?

I have no idea who he meant to hit, but he 100% knew he was throwing it in the direction of people. Are you really defending this?? At 1:15 he tosses the bat, there is a LOUD gasp from the pitifully small crowd, and he looks at Brown and notices it hit him, then he just doesn't care and continues toward the dugout. The actions were indefensible. To make matters worse, he continues the tirade by throwing more stuff out there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ0rNttIQY8

So you think he meant to hit one of his coaches?

Doesn't matter if he meant to, he still did it, just like a drunk running a red light and hitting a car. What are his rep or something.

Ozziesfan41 wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 14:50 pm

mycardfan wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 14:47 pm

ecleme22 wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 12:48 pm

ShakeyWalton wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 12:29 pm

ecleme22 wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 12:22 pm

ShakeyWalton wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 12:21 pm Just saw it. What a freaking idiot. To not have control of yourself to the point you smoke a guy in the face with your bat is an absolute embarrassment. That looked 100% intentional.

….you think he meant to hit Brown?

I have no idea who he meant to hit, but he 100% knew he was throwing it in the direction of people. Are you really defending this?? At 1:15 he tosses the bat, there is a LOUD gasp from the pitifully small crowd, and he looks at Brown and notices it hit him, then he just doesn't care and continues toward the dugout. The actions were indefensible. To make matters worse, he continues the tirade by throwing more stuff out there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ0rNttIQY8

So you think he meant to hit one of his coaches?

Doesn't matter if he meant to, he still did it, just like a drunk running a red light and hitting a car. What are his rep or something.

Yea I like Contreras he’s probably my favorite cardinal but you don’t throw bats and if you do throw a bat you had better throw it in a direction where there’s zero chance it can hit accidentally hit someone. It was dumb

Melville wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 12:12 pm

JuanAgosto wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 11:44 am

Melville wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 08:31 am

PadsFS07 wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 07:25 am

JuanAgosto wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 01:42 am
He did not. It was a toss in the direction of the umpire and others. He did not throw the bat directly at anyone. And there was very little force behind it. Had Brown been paying attention, he doesn't get hit.

That's not defending the action. But I'm not going to go dramatically overboard like you. Geez

No kidding. I had to rewatch it. I thought I missed something. He tossed it back and it didn’t seem intentional.

While being forcibly restrained during a moment of rage, he accidentally threw his bat into a group of people.
Absolutely.
Not intentional at all.
Probably needed more pine tar.

So while being physically restrained (as you say), he still had the ability to throw (your word) his bat and hit his own coach and the umpire. Hard to accomplish. Or maybe your version is embellished.

Was he restrained from trying to get to the umpire after previously bumping him?
Yes
Did he throw his bat which then hit a coach and umpire?
Yes.
Did he also throw a shin guard and attempt to hit an umpire with it?
Yes
Did he throw a bucket onto the field?
Yes.
Facts.
All I do.
Zero bias
Zero embellishment.

PadsFS07 wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 12:09 pm

JuanAgosto wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 11:44 am

Melville wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 08:31 am

PadsFS07 wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 07:25 am

JuanAgosto wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 01:42 am
He did not. It was a toss in the direction of the umpire and others. He did not throw the bat directly at anyone. And there was very little force behind it. Had Brown been paying attention, he doesn't get hit.

That's not defending the action. But I'm not going to go dramatically overboard like you. Geez

No kidding. I had to rewatch it. I thought I missed something. He tossed it back and it didn’t seem intentional.

While being forcibly restrained during a moment of rage, he accidentally threw his bat into a group of people.
Absolutely.
Not intentional at all.
Probably needed more pine tar.

So while being physically restrained (as you say), he still had the ability to throw (your word) his bat and hit his own coach and the umpire. Hard to accomplish. Or maybe your version is embellished.

While being ‘walked’ to the dugout, he tossed the bat back. You could see he didn’t mean to hit the coach or anyone really. I like how he added that he hit the coach and the umpire now.

Baseball Savant wrote: ↑25 Aug 2025 21:23 pm Just a hot head and I’m frankly tired of his antics

blackinkbiz wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 17:24 pm

Baseball Savant wrote: ↑25 Aug 2025 21:23 pm Just a hot head and I’m frankly tired of his antics

From my observations of human behavior, I've discerned what I like to call the Law of Production & Adaptation.

-Produce a lot or more than anyone else = people will put up with (bleep) and adapt to your behavior.
-Produce little, less, or negative = no one will deal with your (bleep) and you better adapt your behavior.

Considering he and Burly are the only players with an OPS north of .800, he's still on the positive side, but he's skirting the line much closer than he probably realizes. Of course, guaranteed contracts in MLB and we all know what that means with this org.

So basically my law is meaningless in this situation, but it sure does make me sound cool.

PadsFS07 wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 13:30 pm Some of yall are exhausting. It wasn’t that bad at all.

I also think the very same people would defend Pete Rose and Yadi all day, every day. Just looking for something to whine about.

45s wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 09:36 am The club has a choice to make..

Deal with him harshly, and gain the respect of many around the country

Or

Treat him with kid gloves and lose the respect of many around the country

Your serve Mr. Bloom.

(Saw coverage of the incident on the cable news outlets this morning…..very critical)