Nyjer Morgan On Brawl With Marlins: 'I'm Grimey'

After the game, Nyjer Morgan discussed his decision to charge Marlins pitcher Chris Volstad in the sixth inning Wednesday night. The Washington Post has the full quotes from Morgan, but here is what he had to say specifically about Volstad throwing at him a second time (Nyjer had already been beaned earlier in the game):

That was garbage. That’s just bad baseball. It’s only the fourth inning. If they’re not going to hold me on, I’m going to roll out. The circumstances were kind of out of whack, but the game was too early. It was only the fourth inning. If it happened again, I’d do it again. It’s one of those things where I’m a hard-nosed player. I’m grimey. And I just wanted to go out there and try to protect myself. I didn’t want to get outside the box. There’s been a little bit of controversy surrounding the kid lately. But it’s just one of things. I’m a solid, hard-nosed player. When I’m out there between the lines, I’m out there to win and I’m out there to play hard, and play hard for this organization.

What Nyjer is referencing at the start of that quote are the two bases he stole in the fourth inning after being hit. The Nationals were down 11 runs, yet Morgan still stole second and third base. This is presumably what lead to the Marlins throwing at him in his next at-bat.

Right or wrong, Nyjer certainly proved his grimey-ness Wednesday night.