Rays reliever Grant Balfour is a fiery guy. I know this because he’s from Australia -- they’re a feisty bunch. But usually he keeps his madness directed inward; often openly yelling at himself on the mound. But yesterday, during Game 1 of the Rays-White Sox series, he took exception to Orlando Cabrera kicking dirt in his general direction, and this bit of unintentional hilariousness broke out:
Harold Reynolds assumed the two had some sort of past, which led to the little tiff. But what actually seems to have sparked it was Balfour celebrating his strike out of the previous batter, Juan Uribe. Remember: There are strict rules in baseball against “showing up” the opponent. Only polite golf claps, fist pounds and, in the most joyous of circumstances, a butt slap or two are acceptable. The punishment for anything more than that is dirt being kicked all over your pristine white knickers. Welcome to America, Grant.
Game 2 is today at 6PM and it is totally going down! I predict Evan Longoria taking one in the earhole. Who does that guy think he is, hitting home runs in his first two postseason at-bats?
(Video via Awful Announcing)
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Balfour took care of business, striking out Cabrera with the bases loaded and then yelling at Cabrera to sit down.
Hey, Cabrera, instead of looking like a tough guy, when you kicked up the cloud of dirt, you looked like a whiny 4-year-old girl.
Cabrera, the next time you try to start something, make sure you have the stones to finish it.
by ecton on Oct 3, 2008 1:37 PM EDT reply actions
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