Greinke Brawls..breaks collarbone

[Deberg_1990]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...pitch/2076525/




The Los Angeles Dodgers won the game Thursday night against the San Diego Padres, but their pennant hopes certainly took a hit.

Dodgers starter Zack Greinke fractured his left collarbone in a bench-clearing brawl during the Dodgers' 3-2 victory over the Padres at Petco Park, prompting enraged Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp to confront Padres left fielder Carlos Quentin in the clubhouse tunnel after the game.

Padres starter Clayton Richard and security guards intervened before another fight ensued.

The brawl started when Quentin was hit in the shoulder by Greinke's pitch in the sixth inning. He took several steps towards the mound with his bat, dropped it, and charged Greinke. It was the second time in four years that Greinke hit Quentin, but Quentin was intercepted by Kansas City Royals catcher Miguel Olivo and home-plate umpire Bill Hohn back on April 9, 2009, when Greinke pitched for the Royals and Quentin played for the Chicago White Sox.

This time, no one held anyone back, with Greinke, Kemp and Jerry Hairston ejected from the Dodgers, along with Quentin.

The biggest losers, of course, were the Dodgers, with Greinke sidelined for an indefinite period. He's scheduled to see Los Angles physician Neal ElAttrache on Friday. Greinke signed a six-year, $147 million free-agent contract during the winter.

"My teammate now has a broken f------ collarbone,'' Hairston told reporters. "Excuse my language, but that's unbelievable.''

Said Quentin: "It's unfortunate. It could have been avoided. You can ask Zack about that.

"For me, I've been hit by many pitches in my career. I think you guys know that. I can tell you I've never responded in that fashion, so you guys can do your homework on that. For me, the situation is done. That's it.''

Quentin was most infuriated, he told reporters, by what Greinke told him after he was hit.

"That was the final straw,'' he said.

Kemp, enraged by the incident, met face to face with Quentin in the hallway after the game at Petco Park. He followed Quentin into the parking lot and saying: "We'll see, b----,'' according to the Los Angeles Times.

"That's terrible for him to charge the mound like that,'' Kemp told reporters. "I think Carlos Quentin went to Stanford. I heard there's some smart people at Stanford. That wasn't too smart.''

Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said that Quentin shouldn't be permitted to play another game until Greinke can pitch.

"We're in a 2-1 game and on a 3-2 pitch to a guy that I see on the [score]board set a record for the Padres by getting hit, a guy who basically dives into the plate,'' Mattingly said, according to the MLB.com report. "In a 2-1 game, we're trying to hit him, 3-2?

"It's just stupid is what it is. He should not play a game until Greinke can pitch. If he plays before Greinke pitches, something is wrong.''

Said Greinke: "The only thing I'm going to say about the whole thing that happened there is I've never hit him on purpose. I never thought of hitting him on purpose.''

Quentin has long been a magnet for pitches. In 2004, he set a minor league record by getting plunked 43 times, and he led the major leagues the past two seasons, getting hit 23 times in 2011 and 17 times last year, even though he played just 86 games.

Greinke told reporters he thought Quentin's umbrage in reacting to getting hit by pitches was "a ploy" to intimidate pitchers.

"I figured he was trying to intimidate pitchers so they wouldn't throw inside,' he said.

The Dodgers and Padres play again Monday, this time, in Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium on Jackie Robinson Day.

[Mr_Tomahawk]

HA-HA Mr. Socially Awkward

[wazu]

Did the cops not have sufficient evidence to make an arrest?

[tyton75]

Quentin is a bitch

[Buck]

Originally Posted by tyton75

Quentin is a bitch

Greinke is a bitch.

[TLO]

Originally Posted by Buck

Greinke is a bitch.

Greinke held his ground like a boss.

[Halfcan]

Originally Posted by Big Smoke

Greinke held his ground like a boss.

He is no Nolan Ryan. Ask Robin Ventura-lol

[Sassy Squatch]

Sucks for the Dodgers.

[ImAWalkingCorpse]

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by ImAWalkingCorpse

Hey, the 5 on 2 is a legit, if illegal, wrestling move.
Somebody needs to teach Greinke the double leg takedown though. Quentin was wide the hell open for it, twice.

[Radar Chief]

So how did Grienke get his collar bone broke? I’m not even seeing any punches thrown. Of course they get swarmed pretty quickly and there’s no telling what’s going on in that mass of bodies.

Originally Posted by ImAWalkingCorpse

Or is there?

[Halfcan]

Originally Posted by Radar Chief

So how did Grienke get his collar bone broke? I’m not even seeing any punches thrown. Of course they get swarmed pretty quickly and there’s no telling what’s going on in that mass of bodies.



Or is there?

They slammed shoulders like a couple of Rams.

[ghak99]

Originally Posted by Radar Chief

So how did Grienke get his collar bone broke? I’m not even seeing any punches thrown. Of course they get swarmed pretty quickly and there’s no telling what’s going on in that mass of bodies.

I wouldn't be surprised if it happened on the initial contact. I broke mine by absorbing a pretty big hit from the same odd angle. If he had squared up he would have probably gotten leveled though.

I'm actually pretty impressed with how the little weirdo handled himself. He's obviously not Ryan or Clemens standing on the mound but he stepped up and moved forward instead of running like a little bitch.

[TribalElder]

lolz

[KChiefer]

I'm curious what Greinke said after he hit him. I saw a replay from behind the plate and he definitely said something. Quentin does crowd the plate, but the dodgers are lying their asses off saying that wasn't intentional.