Re: Former Cardinals Watch
Posted: July 17 25, 7:43 pm
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Benches clear between Jays and Pirates when Pham flips bat after a walk
lol nothing, and it doesn't surprise me in the least...Popeye_Card wrote: ↑August 19 25, 3:58 pmHaving no context about the game or AB up to that point, it is tough for me to imagine what could have occurred during a 4 pitch walk that Tommy felt the need to demonstrably flip his bat in front of the catcher.
“He didn’t say a word to me. I didn’t say a word to him. He just looked like he wanted to have a fight,” Heineman said. “I asked the umpire on the 2-0 pitch, ‘You got that just off? It was pretty close right there.’ He looked at me and didn’t say a word, then he bat flipped and looked straight at me. I just put up my arms and he walked towards me. I don’t really know.”
“It was weird, man," Heineman said. "It was weird. It was unprovoked and super weird. I wouldn’t have said anything, but I didn’t really like how he flipped the bat on a four-pitch walk. Little weird. Then he looked right back at me. The video can probably tell you everything, but you’re probably just as confused as I am.”
"[Complaining] about a ball not being called a strike to the umpire when it’s clearly below the zone and away is disrespectful not only to the umpire but the hitter as well," Pham said in a reply on X to an MLB.com reporter. "... I know the zone."