Ejections 014-15 - Mets and Cardinals Clear Benches After Yoan Lopez Buzzes Nolan Arenado Near Head

HP Umpire Jeremie Rehak ejected Cardinals DH Nolan Arenado and 1B Coach Stubby Clapp for their roles in a Mets-Cards fight situation in St Louis. Report: www.closecallsports.com/2022/...
After earlier HBP situations, including one which injured Mets player JD David, knocking him out of the game, Mets pitcher Yoan Lopez threw a first-pitch fastball in the bottom of the 8th inning inside and shoulder-high to batter Arenado for a called first ball, resulting in a benches-clearing incident after Arenado's response.
In fight or potential fighting situations, including bench clearing brawls and otherwise, umpires are instructed to identify primary aggressors-who instigated the fight-and to eject that person (or multiple persons). In this situation, replays are clear that Arenado was that primary aggressor for actions, including grabbing and throwing New York catcher Tomas Nido to the side prior to the benches clearing.
Similarly, Clapp was ejected for appearing to wrap and drag Mets player Pete Alfonso to the ground from behind. This is to be interpreted as an excessively violent act during a fight similar to throwing a punch and, accordingly, Clapp was removed from the game.
Warnings, which had not previously been in place, were issued following the benches-clearing incident.
Official Baseball Rule 6.02(c)(9) pertains to both intentionally pitching at the batter and the issuance of warnings and states that if the umpires deem the pitcher has intentionally pitched at the batter's head, the pitcher should be ejected "without hesitation" due to the danger of such an act. If intent is not ascribed, however, there can be no ejection unless the pitcher participates in the fight or instigates it through actions that do not include the pitch thrown (e.g., aggressive gestures, walking toward the plate, etc.).
If the umpires do not deem the pitch intentional, although no ejection of the pitcher/manager may occur for "intentionally pitch at batter" reasons, warnings MAY be issued.
Unlike ejections, warnings do not need intentional throwing at incidents for issuance, though coincidentally, they most often do occur as a result of such pitches.
OBR 6.02(c)(9) Comment states: "If, in the umpire’s judgment, circumstances warrant, both teams may be officially “warned” prior to the game or at any time during the game."

[@michaeldaquino481]

I always get a kick out of watching the bullpens empty. They run half a mile to do absolutely nothing! 😂😂😂😂

[@Huck_man]

it's just an unwritten rule, you book it to the brawl for your boys.

[@ChillydontCap]

Its team support. Maybe you would just have a seat, but not men.

[@bernier42]

Not always nothing. Look up “Yankees Orioles 1998 brawl”. Graeme Lloyd goes apeshit and things get out of control.

[@michaeldaquino481]

@@ChillydontCap Shut up

[@karashendock2376]

by the time they get there everyone is heading back to the dug outs 🤣🤣

[@shawndraven2703]

So much awesomeness in this video...Pujols and Yadi moving faster than they have in years, Nolan challenging Lopez to fight him and then promptly yeeting Tomas Nido into the Netherrealm, that pitcher from the Cardinals going up and over the bullpen wall...for no punches being thrown, this was pretty good lol

[@mjfarmer14]

Uhh thats Goldy not Pujols.

[@Ueiksg]

And the absolute unit Stubby Clapp hurtling ‘Big Strong Guy’ Pete Alonso to the ground

[@michaelvin8632]

Lol the catcher got yeeted

[@Jprewitt91]

I thought that was hilarious

[@mbdg6810]

Yeah. I’m a mets fan and chuckled at that a bit

[@CM-dh1nm]

Reminds me of when Donaldson and Musgrove were yelling at each other, that catcher was tossed aside like a ragdoll

[@j.b.3825]

Yeah I feel like it might’ve gone differently if McCann had been catching. Dude is huge. After the Cards hit Alonso in the head last night, I knew something would go down today.

[@andrewl330]

Dude did anyone else think that was Pujols who booked it out of the dugout toward the mound? Took me three times to notice it was actually #46 Paul Goldschmidt lol

[@noellutsey5620]

Lmao I thought the same thing

[@tedgey4286]

Believe it or not pujols is still running towards the mound. Takes a lot to get the old guy going. Takes a lot to make him stop too

[@lpCHEVlps311]

Don't fuck with Paulie G.... #GoldschmidtHappens

[@mikec886]

He can run

[@wildbuffalo9467]

Yes I did

[@ivokarmely453]

I don’t think the pitch was that close to the batters head. However, The Mets batters seemed to have been hit by the opposing pitchers a lot this season.

[@solidbrush9526]

The Mets have been hit 19 times including 4 times in the head and they have finally had enough

[@mikec886]

Lots of players hit

[@JB77776]

You want to stand up their as someone through mid 90s at your head when you are expecting to get hit. Can't even criticize your own team when they do something wrong. What a joke of a fan base.

[@1stlbecky1]

Oh BS. That was too close. You DONT throw at anyone's head.

[@1stlbecky1]

Eff the Mets

[@AngusArtEntertainment]

This is how you know a season has OFFICIALLY started for a team. Not complete without bench-clearing.

[@nathandavis5725]

"I personally wouldn't have thrown at the head of Arenado. I'd have hit him though." Love it.

[@jessculp7943]

Yea yea the only thing you're going to throw is puking your cookies..lol

[@MrMosby-hy3te]

That’s a garbage thing to say for an announcer Baseball or not….

[@klenda771]

@@MrMosby-hy3te in case you don’t know that announcer was Ron Darling and he was a big part of the 86 Mets and he’s speaking the truth.

[@Huck_man]

@@MrMosby-hy3te you can hit a player without hurting them. that's why throwing at the head is unfuckingacceptable

[@carlnicholson2446]

He didn’t throw at his head

[@spinlok3943]

That might be the most epic Cardinals brawl since the big pile up with the Cincinnati Reds!

[@MrLawabider41]

This brawl was weak.

[@jacobrichardson1952]

@@MrLawabider41 ya think? I mean this is comedy to me 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@spinlok3943]

@@MrLawabider41 Your momma is weak

[@ultramaga3359]

Hardly...not 1 punch thrown

[@spinlok3943]

@@ultramaga3359 Did you not see Arenado shove that catcher to the side like a rag doll?

[@towtowstrailtalk6853]

The Cardinals manager should’ve kept arguing till he got ejected also! That’s kind of an unwritten rule,

[@chazztreat8317]

Whoa those bullpens emptied fast.

[@jacobhiro671]

Why Arenado was overreacting?? Mets didn’t throw a ball to his head like what Cardinals did last game.

[@Boxscot49]

Hes mad because one was on accident and this one was blatantly on purpose. Its not rocket science

[@caillou-9709]

@@Boxscot49 also, one hit, one didnt. just take your base and quit whining.

[@noble3515]

@@Boxscot49 I'm seeing alot of people missing this point. both David and Alonso's HbP were not purposeful. The Mets completely instigated something that didn't need to be.

[@bn2870]

He literally just told him to “throw lower”. Lol. Very reasonable request from someone expecting to intentionally get thrown at. That’s not whining 😂

[@deeznuts4302]

@@caillou-9709 get hit in the foot with 99 and say that

[@anthonyzheng7274]

This kinda stuff really fires up the team. Hope they go on a winning streak again after this one loss. LFGM

[@themanman165]

Mets Broadcast is the best booth in the league, I always thought that growing up as a Mets fan and it was voted like that a couple years ago

[@Edganrix]

Dang love this channel

[@steve5976]

Baseball is the new hockey !!! Love the bench clears

[@brandonschwartzburt3747]

Craig Barube and Doug Armstrong (both from the Blue's) were at the game in the front row to witness this baseball turn hockey game. LMFAO! 😂

[@jeffreyhutchins6527]

So the primary aggressor wasn't the 90mph pitch at the head ? Naturally it was on purpose, even the announcers said Arenado was expecting to get hit and if they were pitching they'd have hit him on purpose, just not thrown at his head. Only reason Lopez wasn't tossed is because it was a home game. Stevie wonder could see it was intentional.

[@DEATHBYJOKES01]

Nolan did the old. "Hold me back"

[@NPC-et9ik]

Great video

[@mdelucia28]

Stubby Clapp looks like that one kid in football practice desperately trying to impress his dad

[@jaxxonvideogameresale]

It was a crazy game 😂

[@affemitwaffe9057]

How can the pitcher not be ejected. He almost hit Arenado in the head. After another Mets player got plunked in the foot. Sometimes it is so random what the umpires come up with.

[@lcbp1985]

No kidding. What's more aggressive than throwing a ball at someone? Also, Marte's pregame comments indicate that this was essentially premeditated, so there should really be some fat fines coming to some Mets/the organization, too.

[@yayhay1]

He got fined I’m pretty sure

[@freddyandfoxy7526]

I can't wait for Jomboy to break this down soon.

[@gunnerwall9727]

Same

[@JoshuaDale59]

I’m sure it’ll be posted sometime today…. I hope

[@christophersorrentino1271]

Lopez just proved he knows how to be a team-mate . The "Standing O" he gets at Citi Field his first time out would make Wilmer Flores proud!!

[@johnanthony2333]

Arenado pushes the catcher aside like he was serious and then did his best to stay on the outside of the pile. He should get suspended a game just for starting a fight and running away after

[@ArtofFreeSpeech]

Or, at the very least, be the subject of some really funny memes. ;)

[@gshave3907]

lol I saw the same thing, acting all big and bad and got to the back of the pile as fast as he could haha

[@enriquet2562]

Hahaha…YUP!!!

[@mikeodil7721]

You mean, tossing him aside like a rag doll and then being flushed out in the malai. While I can absolutely respect the fact that getting hit multiple times will make a team jumpy and downright angry. The night before was extremely ridiculous and soft on the Mets part. An 0-2 change up that gets Alonso and then a bases loaded bean ball to Marte. Both completely unintentional. And of course rah rah big mouth Scherzer had to pop off as usual.

[@gshave3907]

@@mikeodil7721 naw we all saw it Arenado is a big baby couldnt take the heat then ran from the potential fight, the fact there really wasnt a fight only makes him look even weaker sorry but your boy is soft.

[@llwc9435]

I can understand how a high fastball at 94mph may feel like it's coming at your head, but that was not close. Even if Arenado stood still, the ball was only up. It was not "in." Arenado was fine. It's clear that there was enough tension between the two teams that anything was going to set off the brawl.

[@JB77776]

Yea no way the Mets were going to hit Nolan after their guy gets injured and the game is most likely out of reach🙄. Yea so let's defend the guy who just through at someone's head but just missed.

[@1stlbecky1]

Bullshit. That was close

[@richmartin1427]

With the umpires being issued mics this season, why not use the mic to announce the ejections in this situation. It seems like they are only using it for replays.

[@ChristianClayton2000]

Here’s my question: Why in the world is Lopez still in the game after all of the scrum?

[@evilpeach2]

Umps felt the retaliating was justified. Lopez didn't hit the batter while Davis and Alonso were hit.

[@Boxscot49]

@@evilpeach2 he threw at his fucking head blatantly on purpose and the umps didnt see that as a reason to toss him?

[@johnanthony2333]

Why should be thrown out? The ball may have been up and in but that's not illegal. Add in that it didn't really come 'that' close to hitting him, and that's why he wasn't thrown out.

[@mbdg6810]

As a mets fan , I agree with the sediment.

[@dodgerblue7381]

I think Lopez stayed in because the pitch wasn't even close.

[@cjglassvlogs2689]

What really got me dying out laughing is whenever the two guys fall down why what I’m dying out laughing

[@leeapoth]

It was high and tight. Definitely a pitch that was meant to send a message considering that 5 Mets were beaned in the last two days. But it wasn’t THAT high and tight. Nolan looks pretty soft here. I think Showalter said it best after the game when he said that when Alonso actually got hit in the head, he just went to first base.

[@peterron924]

You underestimate how scary a 94 mph fastball tailing in on you can be lol... and how much it looks like it could hit you. It might not look "that high and tight" from the TV angle, but it definitely was high and tight. That's not close to the strikezone whatsoever.

[@Chef-Boyoassugly]

@@peterron924 playing in college and stood in on 97. shirs crazy but that feels like almost a mile away from you compared to what happened to Alonso. soft af by arenado but pitcher also soft for throwing high even thought it was over a foot away

[@linollieum3742]

I don't think it was soft by Arenado, it was obviously intentionally thrown at his head area, the umpire's didn't call anything for it because they ruled it was not intentional, so Arenado either gets back in the box and assumes he won't get another one at his head that actually hits his dome, or he calls the pitcher out for it and starts the argument before getting hit again. If he let the pitcher hit him then at least the pitcher would have been tossed instead, and the ejections would have been more favourable for his team, but I don't blame him for not just letting himself get drilled on the next pitch. There would be a brawl if the next pitch hits him anyways.

[@zache5486]

Alonso got hit after a ball got away from the pitcher, Arenado had a pitcher intentionally winging a fastball at his head.

[@jasonbarton6087]

As a dyed-in-the-wool Cards fan writing two miles from Busch Stadium, I agree. Pete Alonso, as you say, got rocked in the fucking head and walked to first. Nolan looks petulant here; I'd say he was compensating for tossing away the 3rd out in G1. Plus, I dunno what the fuck Stubby Clapp was doing tackling Alonso, but the Mets have a reason to be pissed, whereas Nolan's bravado looks unearned. Also, Miles Mikolas needs to shut the fuck up. As Bassitt says, MLB screwed w/ the composition of the balls, putting everyone in danger. Yet, Genesis Cabrera has major control problems - he threw a cannon to the side of Bryce Harper's head last year. Cards need to clean up their side of the road first.

[@Relentlezz41]

Arenado does have history. I think it was to make the peace. Shouldn't be a suspension though.

[@gforce97]

that was with Luis Perdomo 4 years ago lol

[@mbdg6810]

I’d be okay with suspensions if both sides get some.

[@cinci4life116]

Arenado is going to be suspended or at least he should be. Castellanos last year got suspended for starting a bench clearing incident after flexing over the pitcher. Arenado basically dared the pitcher to fight him which is worse. It would be a joke if he wasn't suspended imo.

[@sawsanalkurabi7312]

"They were goin at it" they said, "bodies were flying they said" N o, they weren't, it looks like a big group hug to me lolol

[@QuarrelsomeLocalOaf]

Dang ol' Boomhauer at the end was a nice touch I tell ya hwut

[@bkg5494]

Arenado has always been great at playing the victim. cries, causes the benches to clear, and gets ejected over a pitch that didn’t even get the pitcher booted.

[@gunnerwall9727]

If he didn’t do something it would gage went to the next pitch and he would have possibly got hit on the 2nd

[@elliottcook8064]

What the hell are you talking about he got thrown at his head. Why would he not be mad? He didn’t hit anybody, and the ankle shot was clearly not intentional so him throwing at Arenado was not justified.

[@jasonbarton6087]

Yeah. Cards fan here. That's a bad fucking look. Mets were in the right here. Cards need to calm the fuck down.

[@sonnyshade4187]

@@jasonbarton6087 Wiffle ball don't count. Have you ever played baseball? Exactly

[@Subangelis]

@@elliottcook8064 It wasn't even that far inside.

[@DEATHBYJOKES01]

So Pete can handle getting hit in the head with class. But let's do this nonsense because you've hit the entire roster all year. And they finally snap and don't even touch the kid. Just threw it high and inside..

[@Subangelis]

It wasn't even that far inside.

[@mikeodil7721]

If by class you mean getting wound up over an 0-2 change up and Max acting like he’s yelling inside an octagon, then cool, I’ll have what he’s having.

[@AngelRodriguezFritoLay]

Buck has changed the Mets for the better. EDGE

[@christophersorrentino1271]

Long live Randy Niemann, the much needed "equalizer" on the 86 Mets!!

[@christophersorrentino1271]

Buck's conversation with Lopez after the game should read:: WHY THE HLLE DID YOU THROW AT HIS HEAD!!?? AND WHY THE HLLE DID YOU MISS??!!

[@christophersorrentino1271]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS JANINE BOIRTARD!!! Bring back the '73 Mets , where after Bud stop fighting with Pete Rose , Buzz Capra found an MMA playmate outing right-center , behind 2nd base, and the two of them whaled away at each other.

[@kevynm666]

Bunch of babies running full speed at each other to do nothing 😂

[@tomsampson8084]

Baseball "fights" are the most ridiculous thing in sports. MLB must do what the NHL did many years ago and prohibit anyone from leaving the bench to join in a fight. It would prevent injuries. There are really 2 reasons batters are getting hit so much in recent years. The first is that the general pitching tendency these days is up and in as opposed to the old days of down and away. The other is that every pitcher these days is trying to throw 90+ mph even on breaking balls. Lose control of pitches like that and the ball is going to the head. There is one other reason that pertains right now and that is it is too cold in many parts of the country for pitchers to get a grip on the ball.

[@christophersorrentino1271]

For a Mets fan, this ranks up there with, if I'm correct, Shawn Estes throwing BEHIND Roger Clemens getting a turn at bat, after all that stih Clemens pulled with Mike Piazza

[@MrSeezero]

It is good to see Willie McGee. What a neat name!

[@reebytv4380]

The Mets have been hit by pitches more than any other team this season, of course after Davis was hit in the ankle in the top of the inning, the Mets are going to throw a close pitch back

[@johnbishop2949]

The pitch wasn't that close arenado is a big crybaby

[@brianwitherby1958]

I can't wait to see how many Cincinnati Reds are suspended as a result of this fight.

[@patrickgray5633]

Cardinals very lucky with all the Mets they’ve hit the reason the NL has the DH MLB doesn’t realize the problems facing them with the beanballs benches emptying. If that pitcher has to hit he’s gonna stop plunking guys or he will get drilled.

[@JW-be4sy]

Thats why i dont like the DH

[@patrickgray5633]

@@JW-be4sy agreed the pitcher going up to hit & facing the music would stop in 2 ways either he gets plunked or he’s continually hitting guys so you hit one of his teammates & they will be pissed at him cause nobody likes getting hit.

[@philippliskin9196]

So Chris Bassit says the balls stink and it’s harder to pitch to your spot and what happens ? The cardinals come out and say the balls are fine. OK so what does that mean ? They purposely threw at Pete’s head ? 😡🤬🤬

[@carlnicholson2446]

Baseball is alive and well

[@TroyVan6654]

5:09 So it's not "primary aggressor" so much as "the last straw".

[@OmegaMaschennar]

I'm pretty sure Gallegos was the one that climbed out of the bullpen

[@Suarez05]

THE FIRST BIGGEST REAL MLB FIGHT SINCE 2019!

[@Ben-hw2uz]

Nolan channeling his inner Manny Ramirez.

[@jackieprice2702]

Lowering of the seams is a problem.

[@carlnicholson2446]

You can tell who the announcer are for

[@gshave3907]

well since they are the Mets announcers I dont think thats a stretch do u? I guess the Cardinals broadcasters are always rooting for their opponent right? lol Good take.

[@carlnicholson2446]

Not always

[@VXVirtuoso]

Love the content but even a robo voice would be better

[@christopherlanthier9161]

I think it had to be both. I don't like tossing Arenado for reacting aggressively and leaving in the pitcher who threw at his head. Obviously something needed to be done because putting the two of them back in the at bat would be asking for issues, but I don't like Lopez getting to stay.

[@Subangelis]

It was up and in, not at his head. It wasn't even that far inside.

[@xd_Jam]

agreed

[@brandontyler1754]

They didn't eject the primary aggressor though the primary aggressor was the one that threw at his head.

[@matthewscott2987]

For once I wish they'd just let them fight it out.

[@jackc3232]

so motioning to the pitcher that just tried to hit you in the head is being the aggressor? you mean throwing a ball at almost 100mph at someone's head is not being the aggressor??

[@thecmancan]

Arenada must be wearing his skirts today. 4 Mets were hit, Alonso got actually hit on the head, but Arenada is the loudest one hollering at the pitcher for ALMOST hitting him. Pipe down Cardinals.

[@peterchen2375]

@@thecmancan today?

[@jackc3232]

I'm not a fan of either team, have zero bias. I just don't understand the way they determine who the aggressor is lol

[@MrDeterioration]

The ball wasn't thrown at his head.

[@No5712]

@@jackc3232 yeah it's pretty weird, because the catcher is actually the first guy to lay hands on anybody, arenado just retaliated to that

[@ringbellz1062]

That’s one thing about baseball I don’t get purposely hitting someone

[@kendog52361]

I would say it is and isn't deliberate. That is, I would say it was intended to "buzz/hit the batter", but I don't think he would have gone for/aimed at the head, intentionally.

[@jacobrichardson1952]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm dying laughing so hard 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rem145]

I watch baseball highlights for the fights. Used to be hockey

[@jeffdavis5841]

Hey this is part of baseball. You have to send a message after your team member has been targeted. Not sure throwing at the head was a good idea...but even in high school we called it "chin music" for a reason.

[@broluv124]

So nice to see the boys get out of the dugouts and stretch their legs a bit.

[@seangeddes1883]

Nolan Arenado has no right to be upset, Mets hitters have been beaned all series by cardinals pitching, including Pete Alonso the night before. I even think Cabrera should’ve been tossed after he hit JD Davis, then this would’ve all been avoided. Bad job by the umpires.

[@michaelfalkner1186]

How about a pre-game warning? The Mets basically were talking about this after last night's game.

[@bocajr91]

He had every right to be upset if he almost got hit in the head

[@seangeddes1883]

@@michaelfalkner1186 My point exactly. I thought the umpires would be smart enough to issue warnings before first pitch because of Alonso getting hit in the head the night before. Any player that got hit after, on both sides, the pitcher would be ejected. Now this blew up into a much bigger situation than it had to be, with many players possibly be fined, suspended or both

[@richpaul6806]

he has a right be upset when it is up near his face rather than his hip or ribs

[@thehomievaughn8383]

4 Cardinals were also hit this series as well, it happened on both sides

[@CoachOlsson]

It wasn't really that close

[@certifiedfnhater4038]

High and tight for sure. But not that bad. He’s just over reacting.

[@msu15]

Mets broadcasters are such brutal homers

[@hanke2588]

Both go.

[@binder38us]

Stupid baseball rules. An ankle shot that was a bad pitch and the Mets went head hunting. So you break Arrando face ..that makes you even?

[@gshave3907]

yep that works for me

[@shellrazor4455]

I'd like to point out, Lopez did it wrong. He should have been gone. "Primary aggressor" is a nice idea, but Lopez response to Nolan by walking toward him is the real aggressor. They got this wrong.

[@christophersorrentino1271]

Buck, and only the strength of Buck's mantra, hasmolded this group into a TEAM, not " 26 guys calling 26 cabs".Not since the '73 Mets swinging it out with the Reds in center field hassuch solidarity been shown, and not since that Yankees-Orioles free for all in July '97 (right?( has any of that been seen in NY. The seminal moment here for the Mets was Tijuan Walker, putting aside his career as well as his health, comes of the bench WHILE ON THE D.L., to help defend his team mate

[@bradleyhoskins1023]

Man I get that people get mad wen they get hit on accident, but I think retaliating and intentional hitting someone or intentionally throwing near their head is pathetic. It’s a pathetic way to try to make a point. Pitchers screw up sometimes and hit people on accident , but retaliation for that is to try to hurt or hurt someone who wasn’t even the pitcher that beamed the dude on ur team, it’s pathetic and I don’t care wat team does it I’ve always hated that in baseball it’s just wrong. Pitchers will miss on accident the answer is not to hurt another mad that had. Pathing to do with it. Hope everyone is good and every team stops this crap.

[@gshave3907]

oh shut up already and go to your safe space I will have your mom bring u your coloring book and some crayons

[@BrokenPineapple]

Idk man, id be pissed if a 94 mph fb came close to my dome.

[@dr.eviloverlord3603]

I reckon umpire issues a warning before the game starts - that'd be NY office's decision - correct? I'd throw out Arenado for being aggressor and Clapp for suplex Alonso on the ground too. I reckon MLB have team of analysts / umpires to analyze over the brawl who's getting fined / suspension etc I'm curious about protocols / procedures

[@samuelbarrett5648]

If there ever is a warning before a game, the league notifies each team before the game, and the umpires don't mention it at the plate meeting. If a brawl happens during a game, umpires try to stop it, but if it gets out of hand, they simply stand back and observe, watching for anyone else who should be ejected for other reasons.

[@timhalway2143]

Every baseball fight looks like a trailer park boys scuffle😂

[@zacaryzehr8469]

Bro did y’all see the guy yanking on Baders jersey like dang you trying to rip it

[@RobInNJ03]

Pitch was no where NEAR an HPB. Such an overraction, considering they hit 5... yes FIVE Mets batters in the series. FIVE.

[@JoshuaDale59]

Let’s see you take an 94 mph fastball up by the head you gonna be mad too stfu

[@JB77776]

Only in baseball calling someone out is more of a crime than throwing a 90 mp fast ball at someone's head.

[@jakeshanahan1280]

Nolan is a bad bad man!

[@artful1967]

You don't even know the names of the players FFS it is JD DAVIS. Feel free to accuse me of being sexist for pointing this out

[@PureSport89]

That coach didn't drag pete down he fell lol pretty clear fall

[@OnlyBUTTERSs]

Mets catcher touch when he didn’t wanna to be touch I don’t blame em

[@KPapadakis09]

+ Cabrera should’ve been ejected because JD couldn’t even walk

[@joesavary6081]

I believe the pitch was intentional, I also believe that the umpires let it slide

[@brianmullaney6237]

So the pitch had nothing to do with what happened after it? The earlier hit batter had no influence on the decision to throw high & inside?

[@magicizaproblem]

brian stop making sense bud

[@mbdg6810]

As a mets fan, it had to, at least a little.

[@DonTitoNYC]

"Bad blood" and "Incidents" always in the Mets and the Cardinals. As well as the Yankees and the Tigers.

[@carlnicholson2446]

They need to get their ass out of the way

[@fundan302011]

AW Just let them fight !!!!!!!!

[@jeffwebb2966]

Go Stubby!!!

[@johnnym9483]

@stlouiscardinals is getting the trey young treatment in queens. Gggggg pow.

[@johnnym9483]

They got to come to our house in 3 weeks. I hope they keep that same energy in NYC. If I'm Buck, I'm sanctioning and 1-2 HBP during that series. Oh and Cabrera we saw that wack ass collar pull down. He's a bum ass pitcher.

[@gunnerwall9727]

He pulled him by the shirt

[@johnnym9483]

@@gunnerwall9727 yeah from the back of his collar.

[@jasonbarton6087]

Yeah. My Cards look petulant and filled w/ false bravado here. Nonetheless, can't wait for the games at Shea. Could be a fucking bloodbath!

[@metsdynastyx]

@@jasonbarton6087 bless the globe with the pestilence!

[@stevenichols713]

Umpire's not doing there jobs again.

[@jccr7thebigboss866]

CUBA 🥵🥵

[@jamsid33]

that pitch wasnt even that close and it is the Cardinals that are upset, the team of BOB GIBSON, how ironic

[@bv4307]

Nolan you make me laugh, acting tuff. You're from Newport Beach.

[@gshave3907]

watch how fast he got to the back of the pile after pushing his teammates in front of him lol

[@XXelpollodiabloXX]

Why don't the bullpens attack each other and start their own secondary fight out in the outfield? It would save them a bit of running.

[@CloseCallSports]

Smart, very Smart!

[@KPapadakis09]

Ok if it hit Arenado then this shouldn’t have happened the pitcher should be ejected if it hit him.

[@powerpoint3990]

The Mets with an accidental pitch to Alfonsos head the night before were acting as if it were intentional. Than the Mets hit Edmund and Sherzer was mouthing off at the Cardinals. And the Mets seem to take that ot of context

[@metsdynastyx]

Alfonso got tossed though so good

[@kennethjoyce1699]

Man can't believe that they were acting like bunch of kids who didn't know any better fighting throwing punches . You suppose to be taking this fight out in a ball game

[@stevenichols713]

Duh I'm an umpire. Just do your job.