One thing I learned from Johnny Cash is that the gayer a fella’s name is the more likely he is to beat the shit out of you long after you’re down.  And that seems to be the case in this instance of a fight involving pitcher Lance Broadway.

Broadway and a friend are at a club. The friend—Cameron McGuire, who plays “United League Baseball” if that even exists—hits on someone else’s girl. Words are exchanged with another gentleman. Broadway is not satisfied. So he (naturally) removes his shirt, “takes a running start” and punches 25-year-old Ivan Pinney in the face, breaking his orbital socket, cheekbone, nose, and detaches his retina.

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It’s like Johnny sang:

Well, he must o’ thought that is quite a joke
And it got a lot of laughs from a’ lots of folk,
It seems I had to fight my whole life through.
Some gal would giggle and I’d get red
And some guy’d laugh and I’d bust his head,
I tell ya, life ain’t easy for a boy named “Lance Broadway.”

After the jump, a picture of the aftermath of the fight. You can see more here. Read the rest of this entry »

Jose Offerman, he of the famous baseball fight that fucked up the nervous system of another player was back in the news again this weekend after he punched an umpire in the face in a game he coached in the Dominican Republic.  That’s right, a man who was arrested for hitting another baseball player with a bat was arrested for punching an umpire.  In the face.  I guess the anger classes are working because he only used his hand this time instead of a large hunk of sculpted wood.

Who’s up for a quick summary?

The Giants were winning 6-0 in the third inning of the final game of the winter league semifinal playoff series when plate umpire Jason Bradley ejected catcher Ronny Paulino for arguing balls and strikes.

Offerman came onto the field to talk to Bradley, but ended up arguing with Rayburn.

Wha??? He didn’t even punch the right umpire?  He punched the guy who was trying to get him off the field to resume play?  Even his misplaced aggression is over the top.

My rule of thumb when it comes to teammates calling each other out is that I always side with the player who’s better than the other one.  So when I hear Dan Uggla questioning Hanley Ramirez’s effort I immediately think: who the fuck is Dan Uggla to question the effort of a player who, last year, was worth more than twice as many wins above replacement than he was?  That’s right, Hanley was worth 9.8 extra wins last year and Uggla was only worth 4.2.  So shut your three-errors-in-the-All-Star-Game mouth.  You suck.

So then I thought, the Marlins are in the middle of a Wild Card race, maybe Hanley quit trying a few weeks ago because he doesn’t want to go to the playoffs.  Maybe he has October plans and isn’t playing as well lately as he was at the beginning of the year.  So I did my due dilligence and came up with the following.  In the last 30 days:

Dan Uggla: .316/.431/.568/.999, 6 HRs, 18R, 18 RBI, 0 SB, wOBA .424, -8.0 UZR
Hanley Ramirez: .395/.444/.544/.987, 3 HRs, 21 R, 16 RBI wOBA .438, -.5 UZR

For Hanley, the last 30 days have been only slightly above average for him.  His OPS on the season has been .972 so he’s doing a little better than average over the past month.  Dan Uggla, on the other hand, plays out of his mind for one month out of the year and still isn’t as good as Hanley yet he has the balls to open up his big stupid mouth?  Let me tell you something, Dan.  Until you can put up two consecutive months where your OPS is over .800 then you can maybe begin to think about questioning the effort of someone who is worth twice as much as you.  Also, you’re one of the worst defensive 2nd basemen in the league so you give back a lot of the runs you earn with your bat.  Hanley, on the other hand, is right about average with his fielding and doesn’t take away from his offense.

What I’m saying is this: Dan Uggla is a filthy racist who thinks non-whites only care about themselves.  Fuck you, Dan Uggla.

Here’s a video of Marlins fans fighting Yankees fans.

H/T Walkoff Walk via Deadspin

A man was pronounced dead at a California hospital after a fight during a game at Angel Stadium last night.  Apparently two men were fighting when a third man came up and punched one of the men in the back of the head.  He fell forward and banged his head on a concrete step.

Remember when baseball fights were fun?  When two people would brandish their fists and punch each other in the face like gentlemen?  No?  Me neither.  I don’t condone fighting and especially a fight where someone sneaks up on you and hits you in the back of the head.

I do condone fighting fans of opposing teams who come to your ballpark to act like dicks.  Which is why, when Roman and I go to Fenway over Memorial Weekend,  I’m encouraging Roman to wear all of his Mets gear and to keep bringing up Ray Knight and Mookie Wilson.  Dibs on punching him in the face!

After the jump, footage of a fight between Phillies fans from Opening Day as they’re raising the banner for their World Series Championship.  Has the whole world gone mad? Read the rest of this entry »