Team USA’s Schierholtz cheap shots Yang Yang of China
In yesterday’s game against China, USA Nate Schierholtz bowled over the Chinese catcher on the way into home. You may be thinking: “yea so what?” Well the problem with the play is that there was no play at the plate. The catcher was no even on the base path.
Cheap Shot
Schierholtz took a cheap shot at the catcher by veering out of his running line into the Chinese catcher. The hit could have put him out of the game, and most likely he has a concussion. That would have meant that both of China’s main catchers were out with injuries in the same game.
The game was dirty and ugly, and the Americans although not as guilty at the Chinese; were dirty as well. The Chinese seemed to be taking intentional shots at batters. The NBC crews of course covered for their buddies the Chi-Coms, just as they have done with almost every sport broadcast.
While I want to see the Chinese lose at everything, I see no reason to behave in such a callous manner as did Team USA. We are better than that.
UPDATE: Schierholtz’s thug buddies in the SF Giants clubhouse think it’s cool. No surprise that the former team of Barry Bonds, is all for cheating.
Peacemaker Schierholtz
Schierholtz puts out some more bullcrap:
“We’re not here to fight with anyone else,” outfielder Nate Schierholtz insisted.
Oh really now?
“The umpire should have ejected” Schierholtz, Lefebvre said. “That’s when the game got out of hand.”
Contrary to what some x-big-leaguer-washed-up-blowhards say:
Chinese reliever Chen Kun and pitching coach Steven Ontiveros were thrown out soon after when Chen drilled LaPorta in the back of the helmet to start the seventh. That came after Johnson and Ontiveros were called out for a discussion about the situation and warned by the umpiring crew.
Johnson, angrily pointing at Chen, and his staff rushed out to check on LaPorta, who was down for several minutes before getting up and leaving the game.
“We do not throw to hit people,” Lefebvre said. “We do not teach that in China or in the U.S.”
Seems maybe the Umps were on the side of the Americans. That in itself is quite a shock.
U.S. relief pitcher Blaine Neal brought the evening to an end by fielding a grounder and tagging out the batter personally, then flipping the ball into China’s dugout.
Anyway, I find it odd that the Americans think it’s o.k. for Schierholtz to take a cheap shot; suddenly are not as happy about it when it comes back at them. It’s embarrassing; grow up Team U.S.A.
I for one won’t miss this at the next Olympic games.
Tags: baseball, olympics, matt laporta, davey johnson, Taylor Teagarden, John Gail, Wang Wei, Yang Yang, nate shierholtz
2 comments ↓
I suggest you watch that again, because there was an obvious play at the plate.
Not as guilty? The Chinese hit five, FIVE batters, one was concussed…
Seriously man, what are you smoking??
I suggest YOU watch it again. There was ABSOLUTELY NO PLAY at the plate. On top of the Schierholtz went after the catcher who WAS NOT blocking the plate, nor did he have the ball and attempt to tag, nor was he even in the line of the runner. It was a cheap and dirty shot that should have resulted in an ejection. Schierholtz even admitted there was no play.
It’s a dirty play, by a dirty player.
Schierholtz’s play was a clear cheap shot. Other than the pro-American announcers — what a shock to hear them, since NBC hates America — attempt to justify it by harping on the pitches AFTER Schierholtz’s cheap shot, as dirty ball. Up until that moment, it was “it’s not intentional”. Then suddenly the attitude changed, so they could justify a dirty play.
Fact is that the Chinese don’t have the pitching quality America does. Just because some washed up x-big-leaguer says that pitchers throw in a “professional” manner to hit batsman; DOES NOT MAKE IT SO. Nor does it make it so in that game.
Even if they were throwing at a couple of batsmen, and I think they did; you don’t try and take out a defenseless player — unlike the batsman — running at full speed. If, as the announcer says there are “professional” ways to do it; you sure as hell don’t alter your path and go for the head of a defenseless catcher.
Sad you can’t see the difference.
Oh yeah you may have missed this from the ChiTrib:
Seems not everyone thinks it was intentional.
It’s a classless play, by a classless player.
You Mr Pot-smoking-yob seem to forget that the USA took out their FIRST catcher before it got really dirty.
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