Another ST Boston brawl- Tavarez vs. Gathright

[DGroundhog]

I was just thinking if his hand was open it'd be a slap instead of a punch. Gathright got pitch-slappped by Tavarez.

[AcidRock23]

pitch-slappped by Tavarez.

LOL!!

[thedude]

I was just thinking if his hand was open it'd be a slap instead of a punch. Gathright got pitch-slappped by Tavarez.

It wasn't much of a punch, it looks like he got hit by the bottom of Tavarez's hand.

[Big Papi's Pimps]

Admittedly, it was a pretty bush-league play on Tavarez' part. I can only think he's just trying to make an impression during the preseason, but it is still no excuse. I would'n't be surprised to see a 15 game suspension.

[Chicago RedSox]

I've seen enough of Tavaras...the guys an embarassment. If I was on the redsox, I would of stood there at my position (prob 3b) and let TB beat him up for a while. "You started it, now your going to finish it."


BTW that Pitch-Slap comment was priceless.

[Matthias]

ok. this is a few days later, but still the most interesting thing i read about the whole shindig (off of the blog of some d-rays fan):

Turns out Gathright is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, having studied the Korean martial art from ages 8 to 18, before stopping after he got drafted to play baseball.
"Well, I've seen Gathright do some sort of ninja kick over this dude's head who was 6-foot-7 -- this roundhouse kick -- over his head just to show he can do it," Jonny Gomes said. "Yeah, I guess you can call [Tavarez] lucky."
Damon Hollins agreed Tavarez got off easy.
"Julian is a little bit lucky he didn't use none of that stuff on him," Hollins said. "We'll wait for the next time for him to break some of that karate stuff out -- if there is a next time."

[Omaha Red Sox]

ok. this is a few days later, but still the most interesting thing i read about the whole shindig (off of the blog of some d-rays fan):

Turns out Gathright is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, having studied the Korean martial art from ages 8 to 18, before stopping after he got drafted to play baseball.
"Well, I've seen Gathright do some sort of ninja kick over this dude's head who was 6-foot-7 -- this roundhouse kick -- over his head just to show he can do it," Jonny Gomes said. "Yeah, I guess you can call [Tavarez] lucky."
Damon Hollins agreed Tavarez got off easy.
"Julian is a little bit lucky he didn't use none of that stuff on him," Hollins said. "We'll wait for the next time for him to break some of that karate stuff out -- if there is a next time."

That would be entertaining. An all out karate match on a baseball diamond.

[Strasil42]

Man the red sox are always fighting it seems like.

I remember a bunch of red sox/tampa fights last year as well.

Hopefully they are smart enough to not throw at yankees though. Farnsworth will destory them.

[thedude]

ok. this is a few days later, but still the most interesting thing i read about the whole shindig (off of the blog of some d-rays fan):

Turns out Gathright is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, having studied the Korean martial art from ages 8 to 18, before stopping after he got drafted to play baseball.
"Well, I've seen Gathright do some sort of ninja kick over this dude's head who was 6-foot-7 -- this roundhouse kick -- over his head just to show he can do it," Jonny Gomes said. "Yeah, I guess you can call [Tavarez] lucky."
Damon Hollins agreed Tavarez got off easy.
"Julian is a little bit lucky he didn't use none of that stuff on him," Hollins said. "We'll wait for the next time for him to break some of that karate stuff out -- if there is a next time."

That would be entertaining. An all out karate match on a baseball diamond.

Too bad Izzy Alcantra never stuck with the big league club, we could have had a nice sparing match.

[Matthias]

Man the red sox are always fighting it seems like.

I remember a bunch of red sox/tampa fights last year as well.

Hopefully they are smart enough to not throw at yankees though. Farnsworth will destory them.

give the sox-hating some rest.