The brawl between the Los Angels Dodgers and San Diego Padres on Thursday night has grabbed national headlines. Carlos Quentin has been deemed the bad guy for charging the mound on the poor innocent Zack Grienke. Grienke was injured during the brawl and Dodger fans are furious. Quentin is being labeled a coward for his actions. The only justice in ... Read More »
The brawl that resulted in the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers each emptying their benches resulted in Padres outfielder Carlos Quentin and Dodgers utility man Jerry Hairston, Jr. each receiving suspensions for their roles in the melee, according to MLB.com’s Corey Brock. Quentin, who many believe instigated the fight when he charged Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke on the ... Read More »
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke suffered a broken collarbone on Thursday night as a result of the bench-clearing brawl that took place against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park, according to the Dodgers. He’ll return to Los Angeles on Friday, where he will receive an official diagnosis by doctors there and likely be given a timetable for his ... Read More »
The San Diego Padres have struggled to get their bats going in the young 2013 season, but in the sixth inning of their ninth game, they used a bench-clearing brawl to liven things up offensively. It all started when Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Zack Greinke hit Padres outfielder Carlos Quentin with a high inside fastball, which provoked Quentin to ... Read More »
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly told reporters on Friday that outfielders Matt Kemp and Carl Crawford would likely sit out from spring training until March at the earliest, according to MLB.com’s Ken Gurnick. Mattingly went on to add that March 1 is a highly optimistic timetable and that it’s a higher likelihood that the two return more toward the ... Read More »
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again — fans don’t want to go to Major League Baseball games to watch umpires officiate, period. The latest instance of an MLB umpire over-flexing his muscle came in the top of the second inning in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park. That’s when home plate ... Read More »
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