Baseball's unwritten rules leave a lot of room for beef. Pitchers have been known to get mad when batters celebrate. Pitchers punish batters for celebrating by throwing baseballs at them. It's a strange, ancient ritual, and it turns out it can take place over a matter of years.
In 2017, San Francisco Giants pitcher Hunter Strickland hit Washington Nationals superstar Bryce Harper with a pitch, igniting a pretty serious brawl. Why? Well, Strickland wouldn't say so at the time, but he was responding to an incident from 3 years prior. Three years! And the incident in question was Harper kiiinda gloating after he hit a couple home runs in a playoff series his team didn't even win.
This is a tale of a long-held grudge; of beef exploding after years of hibernation. It's also a story about starting a fight about which your teammates aren't entirely enthusiastic. Baseball's so weird.
Edited by Jiazhen Zhang
Written and produced by Seth Rosenthal
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20 июн 2020
