I guess you could say he was like a 'bat' out of Hell. (848 hits)
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Submitted by AJ <uberaj.at.gmail.com> (View user info) at 2007-08-15 15:19:57 EDT
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=At2nmuIr8Z5DmgNJU7bj4pY5nYcB?slug=ap-offerman-batattack&prov=ap&type=lgns
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- Former major league All-Star Jose Offerman was suspended indefinitely Wednesday, a day after he went wild in the minors and hit the opposing pitcher and catcher with his bat.
Offerman was charged with two counts of second-degree assault -- the catcher sustained a concussion and the pitcher had a broken finger. Offerman posted $10,000 bond and was due in Bridgeport Superior Court on Aug. 23.
The independent Atlantic League said it will announce a decision on the 38-year-old Offerman by the end of the week.
Out of the majors since playing for the New York Mets in 2005, Offerman homered in the first inning Tuesday night for the Long Island Ducks. The next inning, he was hit by a pitch from Bridgeport Bluefish starter Matt Beech and charged the mound with his bat.
Catcher John Nathans was struck in the head. He tried to keep playing, but left the game with nausea and collapsed in the dugout, team spokesman Nick Razzette said.
Beech, a left-hander who formerly pitched in the major, had a broken middle finger on his right hand. Both players were treated at a hospital and released.
Shortly before the suspension was announced, Ducks owner Frank Boulton, who also is the league's chief executive, said his team would abide by whatever punishment was handed down.
The league's executive director, Joe Klein, is responsible for dealing with any discipline involving actions within a game.
"I can say that Jose's conduct in bringing the bat to the mound after being hit was wrong, there is no question about that," Boulton said. "We're all saddened by this because Jose has had a 15-year major league career and is a true gentleman."
Offerman batted .273 during his 15 seasons in the majors. He was an All-Star infielder in 1995 with the Dodgers and in 1999 with Boston.
Boulton noted that the altercation started after Offerman was hit by a pitch.
"The pitcher was ejected because the umpire felt he threw at the batter," he said. "We all know that stuff happens."
Offerman, Beech and Bridgeport manager and former major league pitcher Tommy John were ejected.
"Luckily for Matt Beech, he was agile enough to dodge a bat," Bluefish pitcher Mike Porzio told the Connecticut Post. "But it may have only been John Nathans taking one on the backswing in the head to have saved Matt Beech from really taking one in the face."
The game was delayed about 20 minutes because of the brawl. Long Island went on to win 13-12.
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No way, Jose! har har har
I can't believe it finally happened. Someone got gumption enough to charge the mound after bullshit tactics and really mean it. Sure, we always have the occasional mound-charge or catcher-plow, but never something of this magnitude. Most of the guys who charge the mound wind up looking like idiots since the pitcher will usually run away or they'll end up getting in a little slap-fight before the pushing, shoving, and restraining inevitably take over.
Jose Offerman was a man on a mission. To break a honkie's face with a baseball bat. I do feel bad for the catcher, but he shouldn't have been dumb enough to chase after a guy with a baseball bat that just got hit with a fastball. Or at the least he should've kept his mask on. And you people say baseball is boring.
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Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-08-18 19:22:40 EDT (#)
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LEE TRUNDLE!!!!
Submitted by bart (user info) at 2007-08-18 18:26:13 EDT (#)
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GO CUBS!
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2007-08-16 14:40:26 EDT (#)
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Keep the '07, mate. And I no longer live in a one-room hovel. I live in a three-room hovel now. With a yard and a grill and a garage and everything!
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2007-08-16 14:30:06 EDT (#)
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deathmetal dude is talking bollocks.
in other news, now that madden 08 is out can i keep your 07 or do you want it back?
if so, mail me the address of your one room hovel and i'll post it forthwith.
Submitted by Death_Metal_Dude (user info) at 2007-08-16 12:32:49 EDT (#)
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the only tradition in soccer is intentionally falling on your face whenever another player gets within 6 feet of you
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2007-08-16 10:08:47 EDT (#)
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Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-08-15 23:50:32 CDT (#)
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alright, now i like death metal dude even more.
Submitted by Progr3ss (user info) at 2007-08-16 07:25:29 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Death_Metal_Dude (user info) at 2007-08-16 14:44:02 EST (#)
"...and no sport has the tradition and lore of baseball."
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Ummmm, football?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_%28soccer%29
???
Submitted by Fatterrific (user info) at 2007-08-16 03:22:51 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Death_Metal_Dude (user info) at 2007-08-15 21:44:02 PDT (#)
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people who think baseball is boring are the scum of the earth
FACT is, there is no more nuanced and complex sport ever devised, and no sport has the tradition and lore of baseball. if it's too boring then you have the attention span of an even more retarded electro
in closing, a quote from the greatest broadcaster in sports history, Vin Scully:
"Football is to baseball as blackjack is to bridge. One is the quick jolt. The other the deliberate, slow-paced game of skill, but never was a sport more ideally suited to television than baseball. It's all there in front of you. It's theatre, really. The star is the spotlight on the mound, the supporting cast fanned out around him, the mathematical precision of the game moving with the kind of inevitability of Greek tragedy. With the Greek chorus in the bleachers!"
disrespecting baseball is an activity of uncultured swine
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Baseball seriously sucks and is boring. I used to watch that shit when I was like 8, until I realized what a load of gay it is. The only sport I can watch is boxing. Two people beating the shit out of each other, now that's where it's at. Who wants to see a bunch of fruits dressed up in silly uniforms, swinging at balls with sticks and slapping each other on the ass? Faggots, that's who. Yeah, I said it.
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-08-16 01:17:40 EDT (#)
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Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-08-16 00:50:32 EDT (#)
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alright, now i like death metal dude even more.
Submitted by Death_Metal_Dude (user info) at 2007-08-16 00:44:02 EDT (#)
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people who think baseball is boring are the scum of the earth
FACT is, there is no more nuanced and complex sport ever devised, and no sport has the tradition and lore of baseball. if it's too boring then you have the attention span of an even more retarded electro
in closing, a quote from the greatest broadcaster in sports history, Vin Scully:
"Football is to baseball as blackjack is to bridge. One is the quick jolt. The other the deliberate, slow-paced game of skill, but never was a sport more ideally suited to television than baseball. It's all there in front of you. It's theatre, really. The star is the spotlight on the mound, the supporting cast fanned out around him, the mathematical precision of the game moving with the kind of inevitability of Greek tragedy. With the Greek chorus in the bleachers!"
disrespecting baseball is an activity of uncultured swine
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2007-08-15 21:51:04 EDT (#)
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Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2007-08-15 18:34:28 EDT (#)
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I'm happier about Bobby Cox's record.
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Hahaha Bobby is the man. One of these days he's going to get so old, fat and mean that he'll just become a black hole collapsing in on himself, and take out Turner Field and half of downtown.
This is a fun story though. Baseball is fucking boring. I might watch it from time to time if I were guaranteed at least one brawl per game.
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2007-08-15 20:44:48 EDT (#)
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I've said worse to him. And I don't want Jack to get the idea I'm upset- because I'm not. But if he wants to talk shit online about a trivial contest or rating I'll call him out. Easy peasy.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-08-15 19:42:44 EDT (#)
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Great HONK PJ - What'd McCallum do to set THAT off?
Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2007-08-15 18:34:28 EDT (#)
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I'm happier about Bobby Cox's record.
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2007-08-15 17:34:29 EDT (#)
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it's definitely nice that he meant it, you don't see enough punches being thrown in baseball brawls.
i wish they would ban people from leaving the bench, throwing suspensions at that like they do in hockey or basketball. I also wish they woudl enact a hockey-like third-man-in penalty, so the batter and the pitcher have to duke it out like men instead of slap-fihgting in the midst of the ensuing pile-up.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-08-15 16:46:03 EDT (#)
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Submitted by DirtyHarry (user info) at 2007-08-15 12:24:08 PDT (#)
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Needs a lolcat caption.
I'M IN YOUR GAMEZ BEATIN YOUR PLAYERZ
Submitted by MANICMOTHER (user info) at 2007-08-15 16:08:00 EDT (#)
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Now THIS is baseball I'd watch.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-08-15 16:00:44 EDT (#)
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Well, I hope you've watched the EXCELLENT documantary that HBO is running this entire month multiple times on "The BRooklyn Dodgers".
Great old footage, interviews with the remaining living Dodgers from the Brooklyn/move to LA days (Labine, Snider, Erskine, Branca), and the inside story on how the Governor of NY - Moses - basically forced O'Malley into fleeing Brooklyn for LA.
Submitted by Wompom (user info) at 2007-08-15 15:58:51 EDT (#)
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I'm freakin happy. Auto +2 for the 5 most recent posts
Submitted by Death_Metal_Dude (user info) at 2007-08-15 15:48:57 EDT (#)
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as I dodger fan I'm well aware
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-08-15 15:44:58 EDT (#)
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It was Juan Marichal conking Johnny Roseboro back in '64 or '65...Dodgers and Giants have always hated each other.
Submitted by Death_Metal_Dude (user info) at 2007-08-15 15:43:52 EDT (#)
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rofl
someone has charged the mound with a bat before, in the majors. hit someone in the head as I recall. way back in the black and white TV days. I forget who it was though
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2007-08-15 15:27:14 EDT (#)
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That's why I love videophones.
They should start an ad campaign- videophones- not just for filming girls flashing tits anymore.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-08-15 15:25:45 EDT (#)
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This is America. Some fat slob of a thing likely has this on video.
It will come out soon enough.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-08-15 15:25:20 EDT (#)
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Imma get me a ball bat and hit every honky I seeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Imma get me a ball bat and hit every honky I seeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
When I hit every honky I see
Honky he won't bother meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIImma get me a ball bat and hit every honky I seeee
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-08-15 15:25:17 EDT (#)
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excellent.
hell, they need to start charging the mound when they get struck out too. i love baseball, but if they gladiator it up i can only love it more.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2007-08-15 15:24:40 EDT (#)
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Looks like baseball is going the way of NASCAR - the games/races should be decided on sissyfight.
Submitted by DirtyHarry (user info) at 2007-08-15 15:24:08 EDT (#)
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Needs a lolcat caption.
I'M IN YOUR GAMEZ BEATIN YOUR PLAYERZ
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-08-15 15:23:19 EDT (#)
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I read that this morning...I wish they had video of this tremendously entertaining ugly incident.
I had Jose on my Rotisserie team for a few years...The "Osama Bin Labens". He fucking blew.
No wonder we fucking stank every year since 1985.
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2007-08-15 15:22:46 EDT (#)
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I especially like that Tommy John was ejected too. Not like he was going to be throwing anything, much less a punch.
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2007-08-15 15:21:03 EDT (#)
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GET IT?/ BECAUSE HE CHARGED WITH A BASEBALL BAT! BAHAHAHA