He’s awesome.”īenches/bullpens have cleared at Coors Field. So, obviously, in the future, I hope I get to compete against him and go head-to-head. “He’s a great player and he plays with emotion,” Bird said of Harper. Stott slammed his bat after flying out on the next pitch Harper had done the same on a flyout earlier in the game.īird’s chirping was the final straw. Then, in the at bat preceding the mayhem, Stott dropped his bat and started to head to first base thinking he drew a walk, but Wills called a strike instead. Wills got into a shouting match with Phillies bench coach (and acting manager) Mike Calitri while the whole dugout, led by Schwarber, shouted at Wills.
When the Phillies tried to challenge, the umpiring crew didn’t allow it - perhaps because they didn’t see the challenge attempt in time, perhaps because it wasn’t made in time in the first place. However, Rockies second baseman Harold Castro appeared to have taken his foot off the bag early. Then in the seventh, Edmundo Sosa grounded into a double play with two on and no outs. Schwarber had a heated exchange with home plate umpire Ryan Wills before Rob Thomson argued and got himself ejected. One of those blown opportunities came when Kyle Schwarber was rung up on a full-count pitch above the zone. Five times (then once more in the ninth), they put a runner on second with zero or one out, with nothing to show for it. It had been a frustrating afternoon for the Phillies leading up to the fracas. "Once we got out there, he kind of flew into the dugout and just went away and nobody really saw him after he did what he did," Harper said: /1CaSQOCuNf- Alex Coffey May 14, 2023 Harper said he didn't see Bird after he reached the Rockies dugout. Per Alex Coffey of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Harper said postgame he took exception to Bird targeting the Phillies with his celebration, and that Bird essentially disappeared once the benches emptied. I had my little celebration thing real quick on the pop out, and thought it was just a normal walk back to the dugout. And they took exception to it … I just gotta keep it within, to myself, a little better.
“It’s a good team and a big moment,” Bird said.
He said it didn’t have anything to do with Harper’s exchange with a few Rockies fans after his long homer in the ninth on Saturday. 😳 /Ag1TZDVHHW- NBC Sports Philadelphia May 14, 2023īird told reporters, including Danielle Allentuck of the Colorado Springs Gazette and Denver Gazette, after the game that his celebration wasn’t directed at anyone in particular.
0 kommentar(er)
