“Smalls: You were all leaving, so I thought I’d hop the…
Squints: If you’da been thinkin you wouldn’t ‘a thought that.” – THE SANDLOT
I just envisioned this exchange between Prince Fielder and Ryan Braun.
I don’t know what is more bizarre?
Watching a baseball player who decides to charge the mound against three or four other players by the time he gets to the mound or is it heading to the opposing teams locker room?
What Fielder did was the equivalent of a football player throwing punch against the opposition with a helmet on. Not too smart.
The only thing more comical would have been if James Loney would have flashed him or Matt Kemp attempted a karate chop Chan Ho Park style.
I can understand if this was Dodgers against the Giants, but this is the Brewers! This isn’t a rivalry and there is no need for Baby Fielder to throw a tantrum after getting trounced by the Blue Crew.
If anything be the bigger man and walk away from it or realize it is just ONE game.
I thought baseball was supposed to be fun, grown-ups playing a kids game. Not kids playing a kids game. I expect a sandlot game to get heated, but not a regular season game.
It reminded me of being in high school and a soccer game played at Arcadia City Hall Field against Arcadia.
The game was heated and physical as most La Salle-Arcadia games were at the end of the 80’s. Both teams were battling for bragging rights and most of the players knew each other.
With five minutes to go in the game, a Lancer was eject after being the second guy to throw a punch. As is always the case the Apache didn’t get seen throwing the punch. It didn’t help the La Salle had lost four games straight and on the verge of dropping another game to start the season.
None the less, after the game, the ejected Lancer and sucker-punching Arcadia player began to fight in the parking lot. Of course, this was a brilliant move on both parts as Arcadia Police Department is right across the parking lot. The other players began to square off, the funny part was most knew each other and decided it wasn’t worth the hassle to continue.
Moral of the story: You would think that walking or trotting (it isn’t like Fielder has Olympic speed) to the Dodger Clubhouse, would have resulted in enough time to just turn around and head back to the Brewer Clubhouse. Apparently, little ole Princey really had his feelings hurt.
For once I am on the Dodgers side and say to Prince, “GET OVER IT! Its just a game!”
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