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What makes you say that? Because the throw went into so far left of 1st base? My take was Bautista's slide had the desired effect and caused Odor to throw wild. Now, if I'm wrong and Odor was trying to intentionally hit Bautista in the face then I'm certainly not justifying that as acceptable but I'm not seeing any evidence of that in the video.He wasn't even trying to throw to 1st.
The retaliation from Texas was for the bat thing; the hate from fans is for the whining and the cockiness.
If you're gonna step to the plate, expect a pitch. Otherwise, stand down.
The commentators even say in the video, "You see a lot of pushing and shoving in sports, but when a guy closes his fist and makes that kind of contact, that's a game changer."
7. Spikes weren't up but he was certainly trying to take him out. His slide would have been legal for the last 100+ years of baseball. Illegal this year.
It was perfect for showing his intent without actually trying to hurt Odor. Of course people in here will likely say he should have tried to hurt him.
I saw some ex-player tweets about the throw being suspect then rewatching it looks like Odor drops that pretty low. Looks pretty intentional but who knows.
I seriously doubt that.
he's gonna be ready to step up to every perceived infraction. 
I'll keep the ring over the bat flip. You can give him the $150MM to finish his career as a Cub.
The cheap shot people here are killing me
Somebody said it best on Twitter today. Don't run at somebody with your hands down unless you want to get caught. Just because Bautista wasn't expecting doesn't make it a cheap shot. It just makes him a moron.
Ok, we'll just ignore the conventions of every baseball brawl ever.It doesn't make Bautista wrong. It just makes him an idiot.
Ok, so you agree he wasn't ready for the punch but think he should have been, therefore you wouldn't consider it a sucker punch?
Absolutely no question it was NOT a sucker punch. And yes, I agree that Bautista was not ready for the punch. But he should have been ready for the punch. He just got caught.
Problem is that NHL starts with 5 on 5. If there's the potential for 2 on 9, no one is staying in the dugout.
Only problem with your logic is that everyone except for Bautista was expecting a punch or blow.
I look at a sucker punch as either when someone's back is turned, thus no possible way of being ready for it, or no true confrontation leading up to said punch.
If Bautista didn't expect a punch from a guy he is moving toward, following a shove to the chest, he's an idiot.
I think they were probably expecting the standard grabbing/pushing/shoving, not a right cross to the chin.
If Odor wound up and cracked Bautista as he popped up from his slide, that would be a sucker punch. Shove = confrontation has started.
He never gets as far as a clenched fist, he's trying when sees Odor's coming, but he's way too late.
You have to be trolling. Hell, look at the still in the linked video before it starts. Batista's in a fighters stance as Odors throwing the punch.
To be fair, I did say clinched fist, which he technically never got to, being to slow, old man he is.
So what. Just because he doesnt know how to fight, doesnt mean he wasnt preparing himself for an encounter. Hes looking right at Odor ready to go. He should probably take some boxing lessons if he wants to promote himself as a tough guy.
He was going for the 1-2 combo. But ya know what happens if you try to throw regular punch while wearing a baseball glove? You break all of your fingers. While it's not a good look to slap with the glove, I understand why it happened that way.
You'd be found in a pool of your own excrement if you were on the wrong side of that punch.
Don't worry, after getting B-slapped for the whole world to see no one will ever think of Bats as tough again.
