Once again, a player doesn’t like another player celebrating a small victory, and a fight breaks out.
The trouble started in the fourth inning when Chris Archer threw his first pitch behind the waist of Derek Dietrich. His previous time up, Dietrich dropped his bat and stood in the box to watch his 436-foot drive clear the fence atop the Clemente Wall and bounce into the Allegheny River.
Dietrich stood still when Archer’s 93 mph fastball whizzed by. Plate umpire Jeff Kellogg warned both benches and new Reds manager David Bell jogged from the dugout to the infield, arguing Archer should’ve been ejected.FoxSports.com
Tempers quickly escalated. The excitable Puig, in his first season with the Reds, grabbed Pirates bench coach Tom Prince and tried to put the 54-year-old former catcher in a headlock. Puig kept trying to plow ahead, and eventually was held back by teammate Joey Votto.
There is never any excuse for throwing at a batter. If you didn’t like the way a batter reacts to hitting a home run, strike him out next time. Or better yet, don’t give up home runs.
from baseballmusings.com http://bit.ly/2OXN8K2
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