Hitter attacks catcher with his bat during wild Venezuelan baseball brawl
It is pretty rare that I post more than once or twice in a day. Especially now that I have a fitness tracker and I am doing Actifit posts with this account. I saw a news story today that I just knew I had to share though.
I quickly went to the SportsTalk tags to see if anyone else has posted about this incident in the baseball section. Not immediately seeing any, I decided to head over to Dlike and share this.
Make sure you follow the link to the original article and watch the small video concerning the incident. The fact that it was major league players involved is pretty sad. I would have thought the latest incident in the NFL that had a player hitting another one with his helmet would be enough of a heads up with athletes around the world.
Several years ago we had an altercation at one of our fireworks festivals where a guy almost beat another man to death with a baseball bat. If you don't think that it is a deadly weapon, you are surely mistaken.
To be fair, I think the player didn't initially realize what he was doing but by then it was too late, he was fully committed to the swing. If you watch the video there is a moment of hesitation where I think he realized oh crap I am swinging my bat at the catcher.
Like I said, after that one connected he was totally committed and the subsequent swings are fully on him, no excuses. He needs to take absolute responsibility for this and I feel that there should be some pretty harsh penalties.
I get it, the pitcher threw the ball behind you. That's fine, you throw down your bat and batting helmet and charge the mound. Divesting yourself of the potentially deadly weapons should be the first move you make though.
What do you think of this incident? How strict do you think the penalty should be? Did you see the moment of hesitation or am I just imagining things?
Let me know in the comments!
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