Here's
something for the ages -
Let it not be forgotten what kind of behaviour ruined baseball at the end of the
20th century and on into the 21st. I loved watching
baseball as a kid and wanted to be
a pitcher when I grew up. Now I can't stand to watch it at all and
Roger Clemens' actions on the mound tonight are a perfect example of why
Major League Baseball players make me want to kill.
In the 2000 MLB season, much hoo-rah was to be had over the feud between Roger Clemens, a pitcher for the
New York Yankees, and
Mike Piazza, catcher (and
world series DH) for the
New York Mets. In a baseball town that has gifted baseball with so much
honor, pride and class over the years, it was shocking to everyone when the
slapfighting between Clemens and Piazza escalated to the point of Clemens
intentionally throwing at and hitting Piazza during an
at-bat in an early July game in the 2000 season.
Tonight, on
October 22nd, during game two of the World Series, Mike Piazza was 3rd to bat against Clemens in
the bottom of the first inning. Clemens threw two
fastballs to the inside corner for
strikes, threw low and outside for
a ball, and after a
foul ball Piazza took a swing and the bat broke. The jagged, sharp,
broken barrel of the bat rolled out to Clemens' feet, which he then scooped up in his
glove and hurled at Piazza as he advanced down the first baseline. Seeing as how this was entirely unprovoked and a very dangerous thing to do, it
cleared the benches and almost resulted in some
old school asswhipping.
I wish it had. I wish someone would have grabbed Clemens and
broke him over their fucking knee. Congratulations
Rocket, people like you are an extremely huge
part of the problem with
major league baseball today.