Bautista Picked a Fight With The Wrong Second Baseman

Corbett for some reason already wrote a blog post defending Joey Bats, which is fine. I don't blame him for backing Bautista. But, I do take offense to the statement that Rougned Odor ,"punched like a girl".

I've had Odor on my fantasy baseball team this year and some of last year so I'll take my turn in defending him.
 
Here's the tale of the tape.

Jose Bautista                                                Rougned Odor
6' 0"                                                              5' 11"
205 lbs.                                                         195 lbs.

The measurables are closer than I thought. I have money that Bautista is actually 6' 4" and Odor looks 5' 1".

Before we actually talk about the slide and all that, lets get down to the fight.

Jump to :26 if you just want to see Odor clocking Bautista right to the face. KABOOM. Odor asked Bautista what's good, and then said nothing is good, you're about to get punched right in the face.

Bautista slid into 2nd base high to break up the double play. That slide is done by every single player. I hate it, but its baseball. It's like the guy who uses the noob tube in Call of Duty. It's in the game, so you can't get too mad at it, but you really hate the guy using it. That goes for every Cub player that uses it too by the way.

Bautista slid and jumped up pumping his chest. Odor didn't like that and let Joey Bats know. Bautista didn't know where he was once Odor landed that beautiful right hand. Jump to :34 to watch Adrian Beltre save Bautista from getting more punishment.

In ending, Poor Jose Bautista. I really enjoyed your bat flip. I really enjoy your play style. But Rougned Odor knocked you out.

Lone Rangers of Loser Justice

The Rangers suck. There, I said it. They wait until Jose Bautista's last at bat of the series (their last series matchup of the season) to hit him with a pitch and then a punch. Is it Bautista's fault that they threw a trash pitch that he hit to the moon in last season's playoffs? I'd argue no, but to each their own. When something like that happens, it's only fair that you toss your bat to the moon so the ball has some company.

 

This majestic hit and bat flip apparently rubbed the Rangers the wrong way. Or maybe it was the fact that they blew the lead and got sent packing after Joey Bats dropped his pants and took a dump on them. You be the judge. Slightly heartbreaking to me that Matt Bush had to be the man to hit him with a pitch, but he's on his second day of MLB baseball, so I'll give him a pass for caving into the stupid request.

 

The Rangers are dead to me and are now the softest team in the majors. Congrats boys, you sucker punched the GOAT of bat flips and still couldn't knock him down. I'd hit you with some Chumbawamba, but that doesn't even apply because Odor hits like a little girl. You want to come at the king, you best not miss. He better thank his lucky stars Beltre stepped in because when your best shot doesn't take the man down, it's time to run.

 

All my love,

@corbeech