Another week has passed for the 2014 baseball season and we
have learned Carlos Gomez still has a temper. We also learned that losing two
of your top starting pitchers doesn’t really mean anything to some teams.
The most exciting thing that happened this week was the
bench clearing brawl between the Brewers and the Pirates. Of course Carlos
Gomez was the instigator. Thinking he got all of the ball Gomez stood in the
box a little too long and flipped his bat before starting to run. When he ended
up on third Pirates pitcher Gerrit Cole had some words for him. It quickly
escalated to a bench clearing brawl where Gomez, Travis Snider, and Brewers
bench coach Jerry Narron were ejected. Suspensions haven’t been issued but I am
sure there will be some.
Even with losing some of their top starters before the year
began the Oakland Athletics and the Atlanta Braves sit atop their respective
divisions. A lot of people, including myself, thought both teams would struggle out the gate until
they found replacements for their starters but apparently they already have.
After a decent start the M’s played terrible this week
losing six in a row dropping to forth in the West ahead of only the Astros who
are losers of their last seven games. Miami continues to play streaky baseball
winning their last 3 games.
It will be interesting to see what happens when we get
deeper into the season. The division races should start to heat up.
Zachary Hoffmann – Shaping the minds of America’s youth just waiting for an owner to call and give him a job as their GM. Don’t forget to follow him on twitter @zhoffmann1
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