Pirates' Rodriguez goes absolutely INSANE when benches clear vs. Cubs
If the Pittsburgh Pirates were going to lose the NL Wild Card Game to the Chicago Cubs, they weren't going down without a fight.
Pittsburgh's Sean Rodriguez just took it a little too far. Or more like a lot too far.
When the benches cleared in the seventh inning after Chicago ace Jake Arrieta was hit by a pitch, Rodriguez jumped right into the fray, screaming at Cubs players and even appearing to take a swipe at one. After being ejected, Rodriguez returned to the dugout, where he could be seen shouting "I'm gonna f***ing kill you!" across the diamond, and then unleashed his fury on the Gatorade cooler.
Check it out in the video below.
Every Pirates fan right now ... http://t.co/6aNkuMg9Hn
— ESPN (@espn) October 8, 2015
Rodriguez had good reason to be extra flammable: He started the game but was pinch hit for in the third before he got a chance to hit.
Rodriguez told Yahoo's Jeff Passan that Cubs catcher David Ross choked him during the melee and that's what set him off. Ross responded by saying it was unintentional.
David Ross said his hand did go around Sean Rodriguez's neck, though he said it was accidental. He addressed it: pic.twitter.com/ABXpVeZcuP
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) October 8, 2015
You can watch the whole thing from beginning to end in the video below.
Rodriguez actually broke his hand punching a locker in 2012. So at least he's picking smarter fights now.
The Internet had lots of fun with it:
Yo #SeanRodriguez, you can't act hard and punch things in anger when you put that much effort into your eyebrows homie.
— Dom Vitalli (@DomELBomb) October 8, 2015
It's all fun and games till the water coolers get hurt! #WaterCoolerLivesMatter #SeanRodriguez #Cubs pic.twitter.com/Z1KBWilZzi
— Jose Lord Armas (@JoseLordArmas) October 8, 2015
— Mario Panvino (@Mariop72) October 8, 2015
Leave it to Sean Rodriguez to bring a gun to a cat fight and then go Rocky on a cooler. http://t.co/3PFeJsxBlw pic.twitter.com/Ywr0SWQVcH
— Caleb Odom (@calebodom25) October 8, 2015
He called his shot. #CubsVsPirates #SeanRodriguez pic.twitter.com/BQcC21HgBD
— Heavens! (@HeavensHawkeye) October 8, 2015
It all makes sense now #WildCard #SeanRodriguez pic.twitter.com/nrHDuds72C
— Hayden Greer (@Hayden_Wesley) October 8, 2015
Sean Rodriguez seems to hit the cooler better than he can hit a breaking ball #catchyoursnap @Cubs @Orioles @MLBNetwork
— Jim Palmer (@Jim22Palmer) October 8, 2015
.@seanjrodriguez1 do we have a problem here?
— Pirates Water Cooler (@piratescooler) October 8, 2015
UPDATE: Rodriguez said he's apologized to the cooler.
