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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
Ventura going at Bautista was a response to two things: Bautista calling out Ned Yost (who for all his shortcomings, is loved by his players) and Bautista being the center of the Royals' sign-stealing complaints (which is an issue that has followed him around for a long time, too).
Ventura is a red-ass who needs to mature. Just don't act like he started that whole Twitter exchange out of nowhere.
Lawrie's slide was late, dirty, and unnecessary. You won't convince anyone here of anything different. And you won't convince those of us who played baseball at advanced levels that slide and the placement of his foot was necessary. It wasn't.
Cain has been drilled a lot. He doesn't like that, and he - like most players - looks at the pitcher and might say something to him as he walks to first. What are you talking about regarding temper tantrums, though? Cain hasn't done anything that even closely resembles a temper tantrum (he's never even done anything close to what Donaldson did on Sunday).
The whole thing with the White Sox never goes ANYWHERE if Jeff Samardzija doesn't bull rush his way through everybody trying get to Cain.
The benches might not even empty if Samardzija isn't yelling shit from the dugout at Christian Colon of all ****ing people the previous inning (after Colon lined out and was waiting for someone to bring him his glove).
Yeah, that was ALL the Royals.
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He read an ESPN article where someone was very concerned about the Royals thuggish demeanor and that was all he needed to see.