9/23 - 9-29 Game Discussion Thread: The Final Week of the Season

[55]

Re: 9/23 - 9-29 Game Discussion Thread: The Final Week of the Season

I hope Gomez sits down in the batter's box until the ball is officially out of the park after his next home run against the Braves.

I know you're half-joking, but I would absolutely love this.

[VTPack919]

Re: 9/23 - 9-29 Game Discussion Thread: The Final Week of the Season

Just because I disagree with you, that doesn't make me a troll.

Still not a peep from any of you Braves fans about Reed Johnson, though.

Well you recent body of work in the thread does, IMO. I stopped taking you seriously after you called him a Bum.

Just looked over your OP again. I agree, he is the only one deserving of further suspension.

[DamnYanks2]

Re: 9/23 - 9-29 Game Discussion Thread: The Final Week of the Season

The only one that acted like a bitch was Reed Johnson.

Edit: 55 beat me to it.

[55]

Re: 9/23 - 9-29 Game Discussion Thread: The Final Week of the Season

Well you recent body of work in the thread does, IMO. I stopped taking you seriously after you called him a Bum.

He has a negative WAR over the course of his last two seasons with Atlanta. Losing him would actually help you, therefore he is a bum.

[VTPack919]

Re: 9/23 - 9-29 Game Discussion Thread: The Final Week of the Season

He has a negative WAR over the course of his last two seasons with Atlanta. Losing him would actually help you, therefore he is a bum.

If he was a starter I would agree. I consider him a valuable pinch hitter, but to each his own. I don't consider vets with career BA over .275 bums. We all have different standards though.

[BleacherBum2310]

Re: 9/23 - 9-29 Game Discussion Thread: The Final Week of the Season

welp I see Mcann getting the leader narrative. Maybe what gomez did was over the top but so was Mcann's. So the Braves are now the leaders of the council of the Home Run trot's?

I guess I'm in the minority on this.

[Sportsforever]

Re: 9/23 - 9-29 Game Discussion Thread: The Final Week of the Season

I don't really care about "class" in pro sports anyway.

...unless it's the Atlanta Braves apparently. We get it, you don't like Atlanta.

[Alfonsori]

Re: 9/23 - 9-29 Game Discussion Thread: The Final Week of the Season

Gomez reaction was not right. But so was Maholms. And McCanns. And Freemans.

[LowerWolf]

Re: 9/23 - 9-29 Game Discussion Thread: The Final Week of the Season

Gomez and Johnson each suspended a game.

Sounds about right to me.

[LowerWolf]

Re: 9/23 - 9-29 Game Discussion Thread: The Final Week of the Season

welp I see Mcann getting the leader narrative. Maybe what gomez did was over the top but so was Mcann's. So the Braves are now the leaders of the council of the Home Run trot's?

I guess I'm in the minority on this.

McCann was standing up for his pitcher.

I thought the Braves were a bit too sensitive with Fernandez a few weeks ago. But I've got no problem with how McCann handled Gomez.

[Cutter15]

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I love everyone's totally unbiased opinions on this topic after watching replays on sports shows and the Internet. I was watching the game live and everything about it seemed completely surreal. From Gomez's huge swing on the first pitch and subsequent stare down of Maholm all the way up to the next pitch, to the fact that Maholm threw the exact pitch in the exact location as if to say, "okay, let's see how far you can hit a baseball, big man." Everything leading up to all the drama was completely out of line. As I'm typing this I'm listening to ESPN's goons argue about it. McCann was protecting his pitcher, the Braves were protecting McCann, the Brewers were protecting Gomez. In my opinion, bias or not, the only people out of line here were Gomez and Reed Johnson. Both are worthy of suspension and that's all there is to this. Cry about the Braves enforcing some unwritten rules all you want but the way I see it, they handled it much better than a pitcher plunking that batter the next time he comes to the plate. We see way too much of that these days.

[Bellsprout]

Re: 9/23 - 9-29 Game Discussion Thread: The Final Week of the Season

McCann escalated the confrontation.

No matter how asshurt you are because the guy stared down his homer, if you stand there blocking home and refusing to move, you're escalating the confrontation.

People stare down homers all the time. Pujols does it every ****ing time he hits one, not to that extent but he does.

Baseball's unwritten rules are so ****ing stupid. And people constantly complain that the NFL is no fun.

[DamnYanks2]

Re: 9/23 - 9-29 Game Discussion Thread: The Final Week of the Season

Watching a newer video on MLB.com, it looks like McCann started talking to Gomez first.

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Now it could have been that they were having a friendly conversation, but I doubt it. Carlos looks kind of ticked off, after talking to Brian.

[VTPack919]

Re: 9/23 - 9-29 Game Discussion Thread: The Final Week of the Season

Watching a newer video on MLB.com, it looks like McCann started talking to Gomez first.

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Now it could have been that they were having a friendly conversation, but I doubt it. Carlos looks kind of ticked off, after talking to Brian.

Gomez was pissed well before that man.

[DamnYanks2]

Re: 9/23 - 9-29 Game Discussion Thread: The Final Week of the Season

Gomez was pissed well before that man.

I know he had a previous altercation with Maholm. But I'm curious to know what Brian said to him. I really can't tell, I get a feeling that it was along the lines of. McCann saying "let's not start this garbage again, forget the past", or him saying something smart to Gomez. Gomez had the look of Yea, alright bitch I got something for ya, or he might have just have been amused. i can't tell.