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Cardinals4Life wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 09:44 am

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)

45, my god you are turning soft! He flipped out on an ump after getting tossed for something he didn't even say. Big deal. Nothing to see here. Find some better material to troll with! Lol

45s wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 09:48 am

Cardinals4Life wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 09:44 am

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)

45, my god you are turning soft! He flipped out on an ump after getting tossed for something he didn't even say. Big deal. Nothing to see here. Find some better material to troll with! Lol

I made no judgment on the incident itself….I will leave that to others..

my comment was relative to the club’s reaction

I don’t care what the club does…..as always I am just an observer of their actions.

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)

TopofthePerch wrote: ↑25 Aug 2025 21:28 pm

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

He plays with a lot of emotion and clearly lets it get the best of him but at least he has it. All I hear is fans cry about how the players show no passion. Like you never get upset and lose your cool fans are such tools

Rocket Scientist wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 09:54 am

TopofthePerch wrote: ↑25 Aug 2025 21:28 pm

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

He plays with a lot of emotion and clearly lets it get the best of him but at least he has it. All I hear is fans cry about how the players show no passion. Like you never get upset and lose your cool fans are such tools

The question I'm starting to ask is this roid rage...walks like a duck...

Basil Shabazz wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 09:54 am

Rocket Scientist wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 09:54 am

TopofthePerch wrote: ↑25 Aug 2025 21:28 pm

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

He plays with a lot of emotion and clearly lets it get the best of him but at least he has it. All I hear is fans cry about how the players show no passion. Like you never get upset and lose your cool fans are such tools

The question I'm starting to ask is this roid rage...walks like a duck...

Stop

OldRed wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 07:38 am

Hooking wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 07:36 am I guess I am the only one who could believe the ump was egging him on / out of line too.

Doesn't have to be 'pick a side' both sides can be wrong.

A player should be able to control their conduct a little better than what we saw last night.

Hooking wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 10:57 am

OldRed wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 07:38 am

Hooking wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 07:36 am I guess I am the only one who could believe the ump was egging him on / out of line too.

Doesn't have to be 'pick a side' both sides can be wrong.

A player should be able to control their conduct a little better than what we saw last night.

Agree.

Just like an ump should shut his mouth sometimes too. Ump obviously thought Contreras was saying something to him and Contreras obviously didn't look to be saying anything to him.

Both sides overreacted.

hmoss859 wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 09:10 am

ecleme22 wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 08:02 am

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

Curious what rap sheet of ‘antics’ you speak of?

He has serious anger issues.

He has been hit 19 times this year and didn't try to get out of the way on any of them. Stands there like a statute and then goes crazy when hit.

After his last HBP, he slams bat on ground and cracks it, then fake tough guy breaks it over his knee. missed 4 games last week because of it, hurt the team.

He is undisciplined at plate when angry, will chase pitches way out of zone. He will make stupid baserunning plays and fielding plays too when angry.

I would have more respect for him if he were to charge the mound, but he's a fake tough guy, who might get his (bleep) kicked.

Here's the kicker, he said, I don't want to waive my NTC, because I already have a ring (yeah David Ross had to replace your (bleep) because Joe Madden could not trust you).

The team would be better off without him during the rebuild.

Melville wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 08:27 am

JuanAgosto wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 01:42 am

Melville wrote: ↑25 Aug 2025 22:22 pm

TopofthePerch wrote: ↑25 Aug 2025 22:16 pm

Melville wrote: ↑25 Aug 2025 22:13 pm How long would you suspend him?
I would give him 15 games.

Well Victor Robles got ten and he deliberately threw the bat towards the pitcher. So I can't see it being more than that.

Contreras threw it at an umpire.
Big difference.
He also threw his helmet and a bucket.

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

He threw into a large group of people.
Intentionally.
It hit a coach and an umpire.
He threw it at them.
To attempt to claim otherwise simply is not honest.

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.

Cardinals4Life wrote: ↑26 Aug 2025 09:30 am

hmoss859 wrote: ↑25 Aug 2025 22:13 pm

Hoosier59 wrote: ↑25 Aug 2025 22:11 pm After watching the replay, Willson asked the umpire why he threw him out of the game. He was fairly calm until the umpire told Willson his reason. You could read Wilson’s lips as he said, “ I never said that” , umpire, “Yes you Did” , Willson, now adamantly, “ I never said that” then the umpire replies again and Willson goes berserk! So, whatever the umpire said is what really fired him up. It must have been pretty bad, whatever the umpire said, but we’ll never know what that was. We’ll also never know if he is disciplined for it.

It doesn’t matter what was said dude, Contreas crossed a line you don’t cross, throwing a bat is taboo

He deserves whatever punishment the league throws at him

You act like he chucked his bat halfway across the field. It wasn't that big of a toss. It bumped into Brandt. He's fine. Let's not make a major case about it. I've seen much worse.

And for the record, he asked the umpire "what did I say?" The umpire said "you said to F off". He said "I didn’t say that". Ump said "You told me to F off". Contreras then went nuts and said "now I'm telling you to F off. Now I said F off."