09/16: Teams at Opposite Sides of the Spectrum: Yankees/Blue Jays Brawl (Video)
Posted by: Patrick
As you may have heard, the Yankees and Blue Jays had a little fight in last night's game. It started with the Yankees hitting two batters. Starter Sergio Mitre hit Edwin Encarnacion in the sixth and Mark Melancon hit Aaron Hill in the back in the eighth.
In the bottom half of the inning, Jorge Posada came to the plate and Blue Jays pitcher Jesse Carlson put one behind him. It wasn't really close to hitting him, but it served it's purpose and Jorge was not pleased, as the two exchanged words. Posada took a couple of steps toward the mound and the benches began to clear. But, it died there and Jorge walked.
Brett Gardner doubled, allowing Posada to score. When he did, Carlson was positioned in somewhat of an awkward spot, more in front of Posada's path than behind it. Jorge brushed the pitcher. The video clip shows him sticking his elbow out, but the clip itself shows Carlson barely move when touched. Should it have happened? Absolutely not. The Blue Jays are 20 games back in the Wild Card race and 26.5 back in the American League East. The Yankees are in first by 6.5 games. Your eye has to be on the prize, which is not preserving your pride against the Blue Jays, but winning the World Series. But, Posada is human and so it goes.
MLB.com has video. ESPN has different angles and analysis from the Baseball Tonight crew.
In the bottom half of the inning, Jorge Posada came to the plate and Blue Jays pitcher Jesse Carlson put one behind him. It wasn't really close to hitting him, but it served it's purpose and Jorge was not pleased, as the two exchanged words. Posada took a couple of steps toward the mound and the benches began to clear. But, it died there and Jorge walked.
Brett Gardner doubled, allowing Posada to score. When he did, Carlson was positioned in somewhat of an awkward spot, more in front of Posada's path than behind it. Jorge brushed the pitcher. The video clip shows him sticking his elbow out, but the clip itself shows Carlson barely move when touched. Should it have happened? Absolutely not. The Blue Jays are 20 games back in the Wild Card race and 26.5 back in the American League East. The Yankees are in first by 6.5 games. Your eye has to be on the prize, which is not preserving your pride against the Blue Jays, but winning the World Series. But, Posada is human and so it goes.
MLB.com has video. ESPN has different angles and analysis from the Baseball Tonight crew.
