The scene: Nationals Park, during the fifth inning of the last night?s Cubs-Nats game, Nats up 7-2. The incident:?Cubs bench coach Jamie Quirk is jawing from the dugout ? after he was ejected umpire Jerry Layne referred to it as ?screaming out obscenities,??and Nats third-base coach Bo Porter jawed right back at him. ?The reason, according to Cubs catcher Steve Clevenger:
?You?re up 7-2, Lendy Castillo?s pitching, it?s 3-0. You don?t swing in that situation?
This referring to Jayson Werth swinging at a 3-0 pitch just prior. ?Also agitating the Cubs was the fact that the Nats stole two bases that inning.
The next inning, things got chippier, when Castillo threw at Bryce Harper. Benches cleared. ?While everyone later said the requisite ?he didn?t mean to do that? stuff, Patrick Mooney of CSNChicago.com observes that Clevenger didn?t move an inch to catch the ball that Harper had to jump out of the way to avoid, so he knew where that pitch was headed. And then he was in the middle of the scrum that?developed.?Quirk was ejected, as was Clevenger and Cubs reliever Manny Corpas.
The overall assessment: total amateur hour by the Cubs. ?Maybe it?s wrong for 12 year-olds to run up the score on one another, but this is the big leagues. Guys are going to steal bases and swing on 3-0. ?They won?t stop trying just because you?re getting your asses kicked all over the park. Don?t like your asses getting kicked all over the park? Play better.
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