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looking at the funniest most shocking
and/or notable freak outs in baseball
history we’re only including clips from
the MLB so the minors will not be
included despite having some historic
freak outs of their own number 10 Nolan
Ryan versus Robin Ventura seemingly
intentional hits are always good for a
bench-clearing August 4th 1993 will be a
day that lives in baseball history as
that was the day of the famous venture
of Ryan bout in the 3rd inning
pitcher Nolan Ryan pegged Robin Ventura
in the elbow causing Ventura to charged
the mound Nolan Ryan then put venture in
a headlock and beat the snot out of him
before the bench is cleared and all hell
broke loose it’s one of baseball’s most
famous brawls and the image of the 46
year old Ryan holding Ventura in a
headlock remains one of baseball’s most
iconic images delayed for a second there
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number nine Billy Martin throws dirt at
the umpire
that’s one way to get yourself in
serious trouble Yankees manager Billy
Martin was known for his temper and
volatile personality and that was on
full display on May 30th 1988 during a
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a call was made that Martin didn’t agree
with causing him to charge the field and
vehemently argue with the umpires after
being ejected Martin kicked dirt on the
umpires shoes and even tossed a handful
at his chest
physically confronting the umpires is a
big no-no in baseball and this incident
resulted in a three-game suspension and
number eight Tommy Lasorda versus the
Philly Phanatic stop mannequin of a
dodger and Tommy trying to get that
it seems like Dodgers manager Tommy
Lasorda doesn’t like mascots very much
if he’s not getting former Montreal
Expos mascot you be tossed from a game
for sitting on his dugout he’s beating
up the beloved Philly Phanatic after the
fanatic taunted Lasorda with a stuffed
mannequin of himself in August 1988
Lasorda charged at the character
knocking him over and smacking him with
the mannequin before angrily storming
off it’s one of baseball’s most surreal
images and is arguably Lasorda’s most
iconic moment which is really saying
something these were the days when
managers could really let loose and put
on a good show if this happened today
Lasorda would be in for a world of
trouble number seven
Roger Clemens throws a broken bat at
Mike Piazza comes back at Roger Clemens
and he fires the bat back toward Piazza
is going down the first base line the
World Series is a time of tension and
high stress for all players involved but
it doesn’t excuse bad behavior in Game
two of the 2000 World Series a piece of
piazzas broken bat made its way over to
Clemens perhaps seeing it as an act of
aggression Clemens threw the jagged
sharp piece of wood back at Piazza as he
ran towards first causing the benches to
clear Clemens would later say that his
energy and excitement made him initially
believe that the bat was the ball and
that he was never a mning at Piazza
suffice it to say people were skeptical
of this explanation Piazza has every
right to be upset
Wow number six Jonathan Papelbon attacks
Bryce Harper there’s something going on
in the dugout
there’s arguing with a teammate over a
questionable decision and then there is
blatantly attacking them and putting
them in a chokehold Bryce Harper has
given us many dramatic moments
throughout the years and while Harper
charging Hunter Strickland is a notable
freakout
the famous Papelbon debacle is the one
that makes our list after a brief
argument with Harper Papelbon choked
Harper and pushed him against the wall
by the neck it was a shocking and
extremely personal act of violence that
horrified viewers and professionals
alike the Nationals ended up suspending
Papelbon for four games effectively
ending his 2015 season play for the next
six games so it was just worried about
that number five Jose Bautista vs.
rougned odor tensions between the Blue
Jays and the Rangers were extremely high
in 2016 it mostly began in the 2015 ALDS
when Blue Jay Jose Bautista flipped his
bat after hitting a home run which some
people argue was an unnecessary sign of
pride tensions then boiled over in May
2016
when Bautista intentionally slid into
rougned odor odeur decked Bautista in
the face and the benches cleared
resulting in at least six ejections it
was a total mess but it sure got
people’s attention sometimes you just
know when a moment will go down in
history and the image of odeur clocking
Bautista will certainly be remembered
for years to come
number four Chris Sale annihilates the
ice-chest poor ice chest
it was just minding its own business
until sale came along after he gave up
eight runs in 2013 first sales smacked
it a few times with his mitt then he
wailed on it like he was King Kong
before finally punching it into oblivion
it was clearly a bad moment for him but
it’s always entertaining to watch a
great cathartic beatdown of an inanimate
object him this is one for the ages not
done with inanimate objects sale would
later cut up throwback white sox jerseys
with a knife during batting practice
because he didn’t want the team wearing
them number three
Big Papi destroys the dugout phone the
lesson learned here don’t piss off one
of the biggest guys in baseball in 2013
David Ortiz wasn’t so thrilled with the
home plate umpires calls so after
striking out Big Papi returned to the
dugout and completely obliterated the
dugout phone with his bat in an act of
terrifying aggression
I don’t think that phones working you
know it’s bad when your own teammates
are literally cowering and fear behind a
towel and yelling at you for your
behavior
baseball is usually a pretty chill sport
but it can also be plenty scary when the
emotions or shards of broken telephone
start to fly number two Pedro Martinez
takes down Don Zimmer the 2003 ALCS was
extremely tense and it unfortunately
boiled over in one of the most infamous
incidents of the decade the game was
full of offensive physical attacks but
all hell finally broke loose when Roger
Clemens threw at Manny Ramirez this
resulted in cleared benches and things
took a nasty turn when 72 year old coach
Don Zimmer charged Pedro Martinez
Martinez sidestepped him and took him to
the ground resulting in a 13 minute
delay and an end to all beer sales all
our goodness
according to Martinez this incident
permanently colored his reputation as
many people saw him as the man who took
down a 72 year old rather than the
all-star pitcher that he was
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before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions that is
but a question is animated is we have
seen Brad Ausmus let alone the whole
Jersey thing there but it’s a 4-2 lead
for the Giants
came out of the game
to rebuild itself
he’s gonna pick up first base Allah Lou
Pinella and he’s walking away with the
first base five but this time he doesn’t
clean and throw it at least not yet
McClendon walking with the first base
bag underneath his left arm
number one the pine tar incident
baseball history was made on July 24 to
1983 the Royals George Brett hit a
two-run home run to put his team in the
lead however upon further inspection his
bat was found to have too much pine tar
on the handle pine tar is a sticky
substance that helps batters grip the
bat when called out for the
transgression Bret slid into a
bloodthirsty frenzy and needed to be
physically restrained from attacking the
umpire in the end after the Royals ended
up protesting their loss they replayed
the game and the Royals won meaning
Brett’s temper tantrum was for not the
bat itself currently resides in the
Baseball Hall of Fame a relic from one
of the most famous games and freak outs
in baseball history do you agree with
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