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    Fight revisited

    I still say Cueto was literally pushed off the field into the stands, a huge x-factor in terms of safety, and I totally understand his reaction.
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    Re: Fight revisited

    Disagree.

    * Being pushed into the stands is not reason to use metal spikes as a weapon. (reference Marichial-Roseboro)
    * Kicking is not manly.
    * As that night's starting pitcher (and still in the game), you have no business being out there during a scrum. I call that common sense.

    MLB needs a new rule (like the NBA). You leave the dugout or leave the general area of your position in the field during a blowup, then you pay the price. 5 game suspension and a big fine for any individual guilty of this. Lose enough guys to not field a team... then you become a triple AAA team for 5 games. There is absolutely ZERO REASON for baseball brawls.

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    Re: Fight revisited

    Quote Originally Posted by RedFanAlways1966 View Post
    Disagree.

    * Being pushed into the stands is not reason to use metal spikes as a weapon. (reference Marichial-Roseboro)
    * Kicking is not manly.
    * As that night's starting pitcher (and still in the game), you have no business being out there during a scrum. I call that common sense.

    MLB needs a new rule (like the NBA). You leave the dugout or leave the general area of your position in the field during a blowup, then you pay the price. 5 game suspension and a big fine for any individual guilty of this. Lose enough guys to not field a team... then you become a triple AAA team for 5 games. There is absolutely ZERO REASON for baseball brawls.

    * Being pushed into the stands is not reason to use metal spikes as a weapon. (reference Marichial-Roseboro)

    Sure it is. The stands is an uncontrolled environment. Very dangerous. And let me ask you this: in the position he was in, what other options did he have? He was put on his back.
    * Kicking is not manly.
    Um, ok... but that still doesn't deal with my point that what Cueto did was understandable.
    * As that night's starting pitcher (and still in the game), you have no business being out there during a scrum. I call that common sense.
    Scrums don't make sense in the first place, for any player. Nothing ever happens, except sometimes players get hurt. Larue was going after a player who was on his back in the stands. Look at the picture. Now that's unwise.
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    Re: Fight revisited

    Can't penalize guys for leaving the bench, otherwise it would be 9 vs 1.

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    Re: Fight revisited

    Quote Originally Posted by kaldaniels View Post
    Can't penalize guys for leaving the bench, otherwise it would be 9 vs 1.
    Do what hockey does. If two guys are going at it, third man in is automatically suspended.
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    Re: Fight revisited

    Quote Originally Posted by RedFanAlways1966 View Post
    * Kicking is not manly.

    Tell that to Chuck Norris.
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    Re: Fight revisited

    I likes me a little bad blood. Puts a nasty edge to the games.

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    Re: Fight revisited

    Quote Originally Posted by Chip R View Post
    Tell that to Chuck Norris.
    Or any number of MMA fighters, who are extremely dangerous human beings.
    During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at bats a season. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball. ~Mickey Mantle, 1970

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    Re: Fight revisited

    Quote Originally Posted by 1990REDS View Post
    Or any number of MMA fighters, who are extremely dangerous human beings.
    I guess it is safe to say (I cannot believe I am saying that on RZ! lol) that Cueto's kicking was not the same as Chuck or the MMA guys.

    If anyone is willing to compare Johnny's kicking to Chuck or MMA kicking, then no argument from me... b/c there is no sense in arguing such a thing!

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    Quote Originally Posted by RedFanAlways1966 View Post
    I guess it is safe to say (I cannot believe I am saying that on RZ! lol) that Cueto's kicking was not the same as Chuck or the MMA guys.

    If anyone is willing to compare Johnny's kicking to Chuck or MMA kicking, then no argument from me... b/c there is no sense in arguing such a thing!
    lol. i meant it jokingly
    During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at bats a season. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball. ~Mickey Mantle, 1970

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    Re: Fight revisited

    I figured you were! It is all good. And Chip always has to put Chuck in the thread.

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    Re: Fight revisited

    During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at bats a season. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball. ~Mickey Mantle, 1970

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    Re: Fight revisited

    Quote Originally Posted by Roy Tucker View Post
    I likes me a little bad blood. Puts a nasty edge to the games.

    In the words of Tanner Boyle, "Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ___!"
    I do too Roy....but it seems the Reds always curl up w/ their blankie when they have these types of situations. Maybe they should just stick to straight baseball.
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    Re: Fight revisited

    Looks like they've spit that bad blood up on themselves once again.
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    Re: Fight revisited

    I have mixed emotions about it. If Cueto was out there as a peacemaker ... but got caught in the herd, thrown back into the net/stands and suddenly found himself on his back, I can somewhat understand his reaction. He felt he needed to protect himself and throwing fists was not going to be effective in that situation.

    But if he was out there talking crap and got tossed back into the net ... and his reaction was to kick like that, I'm not really OK with it. He could have held his spikes/legs up to protect himself without flailing them at LaRue.

    Now, who knows what LaRue was doing/saying. As much as he pretended not to be, LaRue had a little punk in him. There are many examples, but one is treating Dave Ross like a jerk because Ross had the audacity to out-play LaRue and steal playing time from him. So, I could see LaRue being an instigator there and perhaps Cueto was literally fearing for his life when he suddenly found himself on his back (kind of) in the stands all wrapped up in the protective netting. Was Cueto really in severe danger there? No. But when your fight or flight instinct kicks in (no pun intended) then sometimes reason goes out the window. I would like to know exactly the roles Cueto and LaRue played before Cueto actually got tossed back and began kicking like one of those X-Games guys who falls off his bike but still has 30 feet to go before he crashes to the ground.

    LaRue is claiming the incident ended his career because he got a concussion over it and doctors told him he shouldn't play (he had previous concussions). So, it's no laughing matter. I wouldn't be surprised if LaRue ends up suing over it, although I hope it doesn't come to that. Plus, LaRue has plenty of money in the bank due to the Reds overpaying him all those years. Compare our catching situation now to the LaRue years. Yikes.


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