On August 11th, 2009 the Red Sox and Tigers’ tensions were high and patience was low. On the 10th, Miguel Cabrera was hit by Brad Penny, and Edwin Jackson retaliated by hitting Kevin Youkilis.
The next night, it seemed that neither team had forgotten about the events of August 10th. Early in the game, Miguel Cabrera was beaned with a pitch and forced out of the game. Tigers’ rookie Rick Porcello wasn’t happy about this.
When Victor Martinez came up to bat, Porcello went in on him. Martinez took a couple steps toward Porcello, chose some words, and that was the end. Little did anyone know that was just the beginning.
Kevin Youkilis came to the plate after Martinez, and was immediately hit in the back by Porcello. Youkilis knew this was done intentionally and let it be known by running after Porcello. While Porcello moved away from the attacking Youkilis, Kevin Youkilis decided to hurl his helmet at Porcello and even tried to bring him to the ground. Youkilis failed in his efforts.
After seeing this I began to think about baseball brawls. There were a ton of mistakes in this “fight.” The first mistake was Youk throwing his helmet. That’s just wrong. What’s next, charging the pitcher with the bat?
Then the tackle was unnecessary too. A real man would have just punched the other player!
Porcello at 20 years old made Youkilis look like he was 12, but it wasn’t as if Porcello did much right. Youkilis just did more wrong. Porcello would have been much better off moving off to this right, in the direction of Brandon Inge, who would have provided much better protection than the Tigers’ first baseman.
It seemed like Youk wanted all hell to break loose, and once he got to Porcello he decided to hold back. He already charged! And it’s a great thing Youk plays in this era, because back in the day pitchers threw inside to batters. It was part of the game!
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