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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Huge Brawl in Cuba

Well, that is something you don’t see everyday.

Gamingboy Posted: March 11, 2010 at 03:47 PM | 21 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. salvomania Posted: March 11, 2010 at 04:05 PM (#3477301)

More accurate headline would be: "Batter chases pitcher into outfield; Huge crowds stand around in Cuba."

2. Moneyball can't buy you love (Joey B.) Posted: March 11, 2010 at 04:14 PM (#3477305)

Was that Pedro Martinez Jr. out there on the mound?

3. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader

Posted: March 11, 2010 at 04:14 PM (#3477308)

More accurate headline would be: "Batter chases pitcher into outfield; Huge crowds stand around in Cuba."

While one guy clubs another with a bat. Holy crap!

4. JRVJ (formerly Delta Socrates) Posted: March 11, 2010 at 04:41 PM (#3477320)

We need more Cuban-born Cubans in MLB!!

5. Craig in MN Posted: March 11, 2010 at 04:57 PM (#3477332)

WTF is the second baseman doing?

6. Gold Star for Robothal Posted: March 11, 2010 at 05:11 PM (#3477343)

Note to self: don't plunk Yuniesky Betancourt when he plays in our local rec league later this summer.

7. Van Lingle Mungo Jerry Posted: March 11, 2010 at 05:21 PM (#3477347)

WTF is the second baseman doing?

I think he half-intended to do something, then as the batter - twice his size, carrying a wooden club and bearing an expression of murderous rage - neared him, he thought better of it and veered off and out of the frame.

8. bunyon Posted: March 11, 2010 at 05:22 PM (#3477349)

9. Gobias Industries Posted: March 11, 2010 at 06:41 PM (#3477423)

Oh, Jose Offerman, when will you learn?

10. RMc is the loyal supporter of the MLB event Posted: March 11, 2010 at 08:27 PM (#3477544)

Should I make the obligatory "free health care in Cuba" gag?

Naah.

11. attaboy Posted: March 11, 2010 at 08:34 PM (#3477559)

And some people say that Pitchers aren't athletes...let them see how well that pitcher moved!

I also loved the horns chiming in when the crowd started chanting...sounded like a car horn and lastly, and most importantly, like most BB 'brawls', I started falling asleep after 90 seconds into the video...did I miss anything I should rewatch it for?

12. Guapo Posted: March 11, 2010 at 08:37 PM (#3477564)

Seconds 0:02 through 0:14 are crying out for "Yakety Sax" to be dubbed in.

13. ursus arctos Posted: March 11, 2010 at 08:41 PM (#3477568)

I'm surprised that the Mets haven't tried that particular color combination yet.

14. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader

Posted: March 11, 2010 at 08:44 PM (#3477572)

I also loved the horns chiming in when the crowd started chanting...sounded like a car horn and lastly, and most importantly, like most BB 'brawls', I started falling asleep after 90 seconds into the video...did I miss anything I should rewatch it for?

Did you see the orange-sleeved player attack the blue-uniformed player with a bat?

15. Jose Can You Seabiscuit Posted: March 11, 2010 at 10:29 PM (#3477681)

WTF is the second baseman doing?

I don't know why but that was the funniest thing I've seen in awhile.

16. Never Give an Inge (Dave) Posted: March 11, 2010 at 10:46 PM (#3477693)

Is it really so hard to film stuff like this? Why is every youtube video of a "real" event so badly shot? A shaky hand is one thing - you don't have a tripod. But long periods aimed at the ground in front of you, followed by periods aimed well over the action you want to film; what gives? Is every youtube video shot by a palsied blind man?

That was the most disappointing thing in this video. Right when it looked like the batter was going to take a swing at people, it was as if someone walked in front of the camera.

That said, I imagine those things happen because the guy with the camera turns his head to talk to someone, or whatever, and "forgets" about the camera.

17. themendozaline Posted: March 11, 2010 at 10:47 PM (#3477696)

Is this real or are these guys IMPOSTERS?

18. Hack Wilson Posted: March 11, 2010 at 10:56 PM (#3477700)

You know this would never had happened if the players all had guns---damn Commies.

19. Craig in MN Posted: March 11, 2010 at 11:04 PM (#3477707)

WTF is the second baseman doing?

I don't know why but that was the funniest thing I've seen in awhile.

Me too. I assume he was going to go after the hitter decide to casually veer off and keep running, but he just looked very out of place running the opposite direction of everyone else. At first I thought he was running to the dugout for backup or to grab a bat for himself. Or maybe he really had to go to the bathroom, and he figured this was his chance to make a break for it.

20. Fred Lynn Nolan Ryan Sweeney Agonistes Posted: March 11, 2010 at 11:31 PM (#3477723)

I figured he'd read the situation & was heading for someone specific in the other team's dugout.

21. Van Lingle Mungo Jerry Posted: March 11, 2010 at 11:40 PM (#3477734)

I like how there's a half-second after he's plunked where it looks like he's about to drop the bat before heading to the mound when he clearly decides, "No, I think I'll take it with me."

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