Blood was Up
It was a bad night for Angels' pitching. Ortega was chased after 1 and a 1/3 and ex Jay Justin Speier completely lost his shit. Apparently, he wanted the outside edge. Home plate ump Hohn, consulted his mustache and decided, "No, you can't have that." And then Justin got mad that the Jays were creaming his crappy pitches.
"Rod Barajas better hang loose at the plate right now, because Speier is none too happy."
Rance called it, cause Barajas took a pitch (the fork ball, Justin? Really?) to the ass a few pitches later. There was a warning from Hohn (and his mustache) . Speier didn't like it. His skip came out to argue and got tossed. Speier was still mad when he was pulled an inning later. And then got into it with the hitting coach, Billy Hatcher (who might have been trying to protect his hitters from the wrath of Doc.) It's best to stay away from a man when his blood is up. Because Speier had to be restrained by teammates.
But Doc retaliated by being filthy. No one was plunked. But maybe someone should be. I nominate Howie Kendrick.
"Rod Barajas better hang loose at the plate right now, because Speier is none too happy."
Rance called it, cause Barajas took a pitch (the fork ball, Justin? Really?) to the ass a few pitches later. There was a warning from Hohn (and his mustache) . Speier didn't like it. His skip came out to argue and got tossed. Speier was still mad when he was pulled an inning later. And then got into it with the hitting coach, Billy Hatcher (who might have been trying to protect his hitters from the wrath of Doc.) It's best to stay away from a man when his blood is up. Because Speier had to be restrained by teammates.
But Doc retaliated by being filthy. No one was plunked. But maybe someone should be. I nominate Howie Kendrick.