Bautista Gets A Clean Shot To The Face

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Bautista has had a lot of bad karma building up from years of acting like a jerk. It is more than that slide or the bat flip. He is just a jerk, and IMO should not be included in the Harper "make baseball fun again" legion. Joey Bats is always barking at umps and barking at other players and just generally acting like...a jerk. Bravo, Odor.

His performance after Odor decked him was Oscar-worthy. Sadly it would be for best supporting actor because Donaldson, while also a jerk, is clearly the better player these days.

[backwardsk]

Watching the replay, it looks like the slide did not cause the bad throw--it looks like Odor was aiming for Bautista's head, not trying to turn 2--may be why Bautista popped up with an attitude--either way, it couldn't happen to a nicer guy

The slide started less than two feet from the bag. Clearly a dirty slide.

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[byrdz]

That was one beautiful cross!

[MDtransplant757]

Ticket to Ranger game $45

Hotdog $5

Draft beer $8

Seeing someone punch the smirk off of Joey Bats' mug - priceless. Admit it. You've dreamed for this moment for years.

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I would've done it myself, but Odor beat me to the punch

[MDtransplant757]

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I think Odor is a banker in his spare time in this case

[MDtransplant757]

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This would have worked well too

[Malike]

LOL fantastic.

Donaldson got clocked, too.

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[atomic]

Where do you stand on the slide? I've seen clips of three of him sliding into second late this year (one grabbing an ankle) and those are only the ones I'm aware of. There could be more.

Matt Bush Purposely hit Bautista with the pitch. The slide was retaliation for the hit by pitch.

[NashLumber]

Matt Bush Purposely hit Bautista with the pitch. The slide was retaliation for the hit by pitch.

atomic / cimota, if you believe in clean play, which it sounds like you do, then sounds like you don't believe in retaliation. It's what led me to ask you about the slide itself out of curiosity , not the history between the teams in this game or from last year's postseason.

[Malike]

I don't ask for much. All I want is a slo-mo GIF of the punch connecting.

On loop.

My first GIF I know it sucks lol.

[Norfolk orioles]

I hate for anyone to use violence. It solved nothing. Didnt hurt Bautista. The

other guy will be fined and or suspended. So I have to wonder if it were even

worth it. IMO

Bautista was absolutely hurt by the punch.

Badly. Not permanently, but he was out on his feet for a few minutes.

He deserved it.

[Malike]

Bautista was absolutely hurt by the punch.

Badly. Not permanently, but he was out on his feet for a few minutes.

He deserved it.

Good thing Beltre was there, he catches everything hit his way. HOF glove!

[waroriole]

Matt Bush Purposely hit Bautista with the pitch. The slide was retaliation for the hit by pitch.

In a 1 run game? BS!

[Moose Milligan]

Odor, new fav non Oriole. Will always have a soft spot in my heart for this guy. He's on my fantasy team, too. Too bad this shot to the face doesn't count.

For a second there it looked like Bautista's knees buckled and he was gonna go down.

[SeaBird]

Also you know Odor is going to get hit next time they play.

Unless they both make it to post season you'll have to wait for Spring Training to see if Odor gets hit. They are done playing each other this year.