Maybe and I've only seen various clips, but it looks like he was trying to big boy with his chest out and got called, pawed like someone who didn't really want to fight and got taken to the ground.

The ****ed up thing is Betances wasn't even ejected immediately. Only after Asmus came screaming and arguing out of the dugout.

Really?! And umpires want us to feel they are doing a good job?!?!

Betances deserves a 10+ game suspension. Throwing at a guy's head and hitting him is way more than a simple beaning or punch.

My GF is a Philly girl, so I've watched a lot of 'em the last couple years. So:

Rhys Hoskins. The kid just hit his 10th bomb in his 17th game. They keep quoting those historical "homers in first x number of games" stats and he's at or near the top of all of them, and the amazing thing is, he went 0 for his first 3 games. Wow.

The best part of this clip of last night's daily Hoskins bomb is, during the home run call, Kruk's in the background saying, "Are you kidding?" ROFL

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Welp. Just under the wire.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">verlander is traded to astros</p>&mdash; Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) <a href="https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/903472241135894528">September 1, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Good for him. And good for them. If(when?)the Dbacks get knocked out of the postseason, I will be rooting 100% for the Astros. If ever a city needed something to feel good about....

How many "trade deadlines" are there in the MLB? It's stupid to allow trades this late in the season. Can you imagine crappy NFL teams trading players to playoff teams 12 weeks into the season.

Theoretically there's not really any final deadline where trades are banned. July 31st is the official trade deadline for two teams to trade with no restrictions. After that players have to clear waivers to be traded.

Aug. 31st is usually the last day for moves because playoff rosters have to be set Sept. 1st. You can still theoretically trade guys after today but they can't play in the playoffs. Every once in a while you actually see a September trade.

They need to make 7/31 the final trade deadline, period. It's dumb to allow trades this late into the season, imo.

JD Martinez with 4 home runs, beating the Dodgers 13-0. First 4 homer game in Dodgers Stadium history... and against 4 different pitchers.

Dodgers seem to be in postseason form lately.

Yeah, the ball isn't juiced. Two 4 HR games in the same season.

They're pulling for the road team in the WC game for sure. They want nothing to do with Robbie Ray. 1st pitcher in history with 4 10+ K games in a season against the Dodgers. Dbacks lineup looks stacked. Dodgers looks like it is fading.

Blue Jays and Red Sox are in the 18th inning tonight. Josh Donaldson just got tossed mid-AB in the 18th inning for mouthing off while getting ready for an 0-1 pitch, then turned around and snapped on the ump. Good times.

And yet Alex had a piddly 5

Now it's getting fun. Miguel Montero was the only hitter left so he had to hit for Donaldson. Bottom of the 18th, they put Montero at catcher and moved their catcher Raffy Lopez to 3B. He's never played there before.