This is like the fifth or sixth incident involving NL West rivals this year so far.
The Greinke incident, etc. etc. now this one.
Guzman never should have been cutting the mustard to begin with. Hit your dinger, drop the bat at the plate, circle the bases with your head down, and don't take your time about it while circling the bases.
You want to throw a fist pump as your high five your first base coach, fine, but act like that a clown, expect a heater in your ear next time.
What exactly has Guzman done anyway in his career? Act like you've been here before jack-ass.
Jesus Guzman appears to be getting under the skin of the Giants. The Padres’ part-timer homered in back-to-back games, sandwiched by a retaliatory salvo from Madison Bumgarner that cleared both benches.
The story began on Tuesday night, when Guzman came off the bench in the eighth inning to pinch-hit for Will Venable. He hit a two-run homer off Jeremy Affeldt, a 418-foot shot that turned a 3-2 deficit into a 4-3 lead. His celebration, which included carrying his bat halfway down the first base line as he admired the shot and then gesturing into the Padres dugout while sidestepping (viewable at the 1:28 mark in the video below) apparently rubbed the Giants the wrong way. They scored two runs themselves in the bottom of the eighth to win, 5-4, but the incident was not forgotten.
When Guzman came to the plate in the second inning of Wednesday afternoon’s game, Bumgarner threw a pitch behind his back. Guzman pointed his bat at the pitcher, and took a few steps towards the mound before being stopped by catcher Buster Posey and home plate umpire Tony Randazzo. Both benches emptied, though what transpired during the five-minute delay didn’t appear to amount to much more than heated words and a few shoves:
However, the defending world champions refused to be subdued by a part-time player hitting .237/.304/.368 with all of three homers — including these two — in 126 plate appearances this year. They answered Guzman’s blast with a three-run rally in the bottom of the seventh and prevailed 4-2, giving them a 2-1 edge in the series.
With the win, the Giants (37-34) remained 1 1/2 games behind the Diamondbacks in the NL West, while the Padres (36-36) dropped to three games back. The two teams meet again for a four-game series in San Diego from July 11-14; we’ll see if the Giants seek further retaliation.
The Greinke incident, etc. etc. now this one.
Guzman never should have been cutting the mustard to begin with. Hit your dinger, drop the bat at the plate, circle the bases with your head down, and don't take your time about it while circling the bases.
You want to throw a fist pump as your high five your first base coach, fine, but act like that a clown, expect a heater in your ear next time.
What exactly has Guzman done anyway in his career? Act like you've been here before jack-ass.
Jesus Guzman appears to be getting under the skin of the Giants. The Padres’ part-timer homered in back-to-back games, sandwiched by a retaliatory salvo from Madison Bumgarner that cleared both benches.
The story began on Tuesday night, when Guzman came off the bench in the eighth inning to pinch-hit for Will Venable. He hit a two-run homer off Jeremy Affeldt, a 418-foot shot that turned a 3-2 deficit into a 4-3 lead. His celebration, which included carrying his bat halfway down the first base line as he admired the shot and then gesturing into the Padres dugout while sidestepping (viewable at the 1:28 mark in the video below) apparently rubbed the Giants the wrong way. They scored two runs themselves in the bottom of the eighth to win, 5-4, but the incident was not forgotten.
When Guzman came to the plate in the second inning of Wednesday afternoon’s game, Bumgarner threw a pitch behind his back. Guzman pointed his bat at the pitcher, and took a few steps towards the mound before being stopped by catcher Buster Posey and home plate umpire Tony Randazzo. Both benches emptied, though what transpired during the five-minute delay didn’t appear to amount to much more than heated words and a few shoves:
However, the defending world champions refused to be subdued by a part-time player hitting .237/.304/.368 with all of three homers — including these two — in 126 plate appearances this year. They answered Guzman’s blast with a three-run rally in the bottom of the seventh and prevailed 4-2, giving them a 2-1 edge in the series.
With the win, the Giants (37-34) remained 1 1/2 games behind the Diamondbacks in the NL West, while the Padres (36-36) dropped to three games back. The two teams meet again for a four-game series in San Diego from July 11-14; we’ll see if the Giants seek further retaliation.
