"iD rAtheR gEt PuNChEd iN MaY ThaN kNoCkEd OuT iN OcToBeR" is the standard defense for Blue Jays fans after this. The funny thing is they were still knocked out and haven't won anything since
I hated Joey Batts for that exact reason. I can't stand that it's the accepted norm for self-aggrandizement in the MLB. Humility is the rare exception, no longer the norm. No more role models. AND they often take great pride in not being role models. It's all backward. He got what he deserved. No, I'm not a Texas fan. I'm a baseball fan. For 56 years.
Ironically, the 2016 ALDS is the last playoff series won by the blue jays, while the Rangers just won the World Series. Which also secured a ring for the pitcher who hit Bautista just before that fight AND took the loss in game 3 of that ALDS…Matt Bush. That’s right. Matt Bush was on the Rangers playoff roster this year.
Oh stop. Jays humiliated the 15/16 Rangers, twice. The Rangers of 2023 (and Jays) are a completely different team, minus a garbage time relief pitcher.
Craziest Thing About The Most Accurate Punch In The Face In MLB History Jose Bautista Should've Been More Humble, But Afterwards He Would Still Give Death stares Like A WWE Actor Wrestler For The Pettiest Reasons.
Do you know why it was the most accurate punch? Because it was a sucker punch! LOL Nobody in the world including Jose thought Odor would throw a punch over a slide at 2nd base that made zero contact. Especially considering that slide was legal for these guys entire careers previous to that season and how everyone slid prior to that season to break up a double play.
I remember when donning the tools of ignorance was a badge of honor. You were baseball’s badass. The leader on the field, the one who could take the shot. Guys like The Wizard, knew how to negotiate the throw to 2nd without getting his leg broke. The take-out slide and wrecking at the plate was just baseball. I miss the sport before all nerfing and whining.
Maybe its the bats, maybe its the heat, maybe its the sheer numbers, maybe its the protective gear, but usually there are only a couple of punches thrown, one landed, and bad grappling and dogpiles all around and the fun's over before it happens. There are a couple exceptions but it usually involves fans.
What a lot of people don't seem to realize on why hockey "allows" fighting is that one.. The skates means no legs. It's all just arms. Can't really get much into the hits and no one gets seriously injured. Also. The rules of hockey are so ingrained in the players, no one ever breaks them. No one jumps anyone. And once the "fight" goes to the ground..its done. No matter what.
Jose is lucky Odor had a glove on his left hand, or he gets lit up waaaay worse. That follow up shot after being wobbled by the 1st Would have knocked him out if it was a fist and not a baseball glove.
@@Flexb123 he didn't see the punch coming??? What fkn video did you watch? If you have beef with someone (a team in this instance) and you do something dirty af. And then you stand up and get into someone's face.. *EXPECT TO BE PUNCHED* .. Seriously. Sucker punch.. 😂😂😂😂 you must not know wtf the definition of a sucker punch is. Ol JB thought he could act like he was tough crap and didn't think "the little guy" would actually do something. Well. He did. To call that a sucker punch of fkn comical.
Jays didn't do anything after defeating the Rangers that year. What happened on that October was forgotten, while the punch will continue to live on in highlights for years to come.
@@b80-s9i Now that was a legit fight. Anderson gave Jose time to get his hands up and go. Unlike Odor who bumrushed/sucker punched Jose before he even had time to get his hands up or knew what was happening.
This event is one of the most baffling things I've ever witnessed in baseball, in the sense that what actually happened, and what can be seen clearly in the footage, is not what fans say happened, even when narrating directly over footage of the event. Yes, Bautista's slide was late. Yes, he was squaring up. But, the slide was a response to the cowardly, pathetic, childish HBP they gave him, and he was "squaring up" in response to Odor, who pushed him, instigating the actual fight. The order of events is Bautista slides, Odor says something, Bautista walks up to Odor giving no indication he intends to do more than jaw at him, Odor pushes Bautista away amd immediately decks him before he can get his hands up. There's no honest way to see it differently. At every step in the confrontation here, the Rangers should come off as the aggressor and the party that is in the wrong. But because people already disliked Bautista and liked Odor, they make up an alternate reality where Odor is a hero and Bautista was the aggressor/villain. It's fucking crazy.
I think you are hugely overreacting to this entire event. I clearly remember this happening but I have almost never thought of this punch when the name Rougned Odor comes up. And I absolutely don’t remember where I was when this happened! This was just another fight, there have been many others just like it. Literally the only thing that makes this a little different is that Odor connected on such a solid punch, which almost never happens in baseball.
Rougned's punch was great, but what doesn't get talked about enough is Sam Dyson's perfect sprinting spear tackle of Russell Martin. Absolutely incredible.
That unwritten rule about hitting a home run and not even enjoying the moment is the stupidest shit, The problem is this kind of BS is spreading to other Major leagues including Football and really heavy in basketball. It is really god damned soft of a pitcher to care about that one home run to that degree and then send a ball into someones back head or ribs because they got "shown up" FU.
One bloke will be remembered by nobody except for throwing a cheap right hand but the other bloke will be remembered for that swing and bat flip in the post season.
@@PeaBuzz yeah those rings are not easy to come by…many have tried and many didn’t even get close. I’d a rather a bigger bank balance after it’s all said and done then a ring 💍
Considering blue jays never won anything since Joe Carter and Bautista was a joke afterwards, as a player and a punchline in jokes, ya gotta go with the punch…and let’s not forget that the jays were the OG team being accused of Astro level sign stealing in those days. Kinda funny how all that came out and the jays are back to joke status as a major sports team…weird how that happened, eh?!
if the pitchers feared a flying bat or the batter bringing the bat to the 'discussion' at the mound, after the beaning, it might stop this low class behavior. (in the real world, beaning could be considered assualt with a deadly weapon.)
The celebrations might appeal to some fans but certainly not all. The NFL celebrations are ridiculous. An entire defense sprints to the end zone for a dumb pose after they cause a turnover, even if they’re behind by 20 points in the fourth quarter.
Boomer control over the unwritten rules has a lot to do with these changes. I think that the retirement of Tony LaRussa was a watershed moment. He was great in the 80s and 90s, but refused to change with the times. Strangely, the steroid era helped with this. It made baseball exciting, but it also deteriorated the integrity of the game. Sometimes we forget how sacred baseball was to our nation's identity. Once the game itself was compromised by steroids, the tradition of it all began to unravel. This opened the way for things that simply weren't tolerated just one or two generations prior. For baseball to compete as a national form of sports entertainment, it needs to stay fresh and exciting. The personalities need to come out on the field and not just in front of a camera in the locker room. I will remain nostalgic about the kind of baseball I grew up with, but I am enjoying watching skilled players who clearly love the game in a way that wasn't always seen except after the last out of the WS or a no-hitter. Now we see the fun after a great play. We see it after a home run. Players are allowed to show their emotions without constant fear of retaliation. Baseball is evolving and becoming what it was meant to be. Pure Joy.
Bautista's slide was clean though, im not a Jays fan nor do i even like Jose Bautista. BUT.. slide was clean and fair, made some light contact with Odor. I do also think his punch was a sucker punch too. A solid one but a sucker-punch, nonetheless.
Jose was squared up, fists ready. Not a sucker punch. Not even close. And as he noted he had barely started the slide when he was over the bag. It was a clean slide if and only if he was sliding into center field.
"iD rAtheR gEt PuNChEd iN MaY ThaN kNoCkEd OuT iN OcToBeR" is the standard defense for Blue Jays fans after this. The funny thing is they were still knocked out and haven't won anything since
I hated Joey Batts for that exact reason. I can't stand that it's the accepted norm for self-aggrandizement in the MLB. Humility is the rare exception, no longer the norm. No more role models. AND they often take great pride in not being role models. It's all backward. He got what he deserved.
No, I'm not a Texas fan. I'm a baseball fan. For 56 years.
Ironically, the 2016 ALDS is the last playoff series won by the blue jays, while the Rangers just won the World Series. Which also secured a ring for the pitcher who hit Bautista just before that fight AND took the loss in game 3 of that ALDS…Matt Bush. That’s right. Matt Bush was on the Rangers playoff roster this year.
wild
Did sam dyson get his revenge?
@@antonioreconquistador yeah, in a jail cell.
Oh stop. Jays humiliated the 15/16 Rangers, twice. The Rangers of 2023 (and Jays) are a completely different team, minus a garbage time relief pitcher.
@@Flexb123 ya but did the jays even make it to a world series
Craziest Thing About The Most Accurate Punch In The Face In MLB History Jose Bautista Should've Been More Humble, But Afterwards He Would Still Give Death stares Like A WWE Actor Wrestler For The Pettiest Reasons.
Do you know why it was the most accurate punch? Because it was a sucker punch! LOL Nobody in the world including Jose thought Odor would throw a punch over a slide at 2nd base that made zero contact. Especially considering that slide was legal for these guys entire careers previous to that season and how everyone slid prior to that season to break up a double play.
@@Flexb123dirty slide & got beat tf up for it. point blank. 😂
That punch was so cool.
I remember when donning the tools of ignorance was a badge of honor. You were baseball’s badass. The leader on the field, the one who could take the shot. Guys like The Wizard, knew how to negotiate the throw to 2nd without getting his leg broke. The take-out slide and wrecking at the plate was just baseball. I miss the sport before all nerfing and whining.
This is probably the best fight to watch over and over aside Tim Anderson vs Jose remeraz
Ryan v Ventura
What about the Cubs White Sox from 06?
bautista wanted all the smoke till he realized he got clean lungs boy 😂
I think it’s funny odor tried fighting with his glove on
You can’t celebrate as a batter without pitchers feeling hurt
Both the bat flip and the punch should be bronze statues outside of their respective stadiums.
But throwing sucker punches and fighting isn't a baseball play, is it? smh
@@Flexb123 No sucker punch was thrown.
I was at this game, I got to walk the field before the game too because of the cub scouts event they had there that day.
That was so awesome to see live
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That same slide took Dustin Pedroia out of the game.
Mlb needs to let teams fight like hockey maybe then ratings would rise
Maybe its the bats, maybe its the heat, maybe its the sheer numbers, maybe its the protective gear, but usually there are only a couple of punches thrown, one landed, and bad grappling and dogpiles all around and the fun's over before it happens. There are a couple exceptions but it usually involves fans.
What a lot of people don't seem to realize on why hockey "allows" fighting is that one.. The skates means no legs. It's all just arms. Can't really get much into the hits and no one gets seriously injured. Also. The rules of hockey are so ingrained in the players, no one ever breaks them. No one jumps anyone. And once the "fight" goes to the ground..its done. No matter what.
image #4 for me
dont mess with Texas
Saw it on Quick Pitch the next morning. Only time in junior high that everyone was talking about baseball
Bautista just got on the HOF Ballot… Odor won’t even be mentioned
And yet Bautista will be remembered more for getting punched in the face than any of his accomplishments.
@@CarpeDiem431 idk man he hit a lot of iconic home runs as a jay, tell me what has odor done since 2016 besides become a journeyman
@@CarpeDiem431no? lmao
@@IncognitoDre I agree that Odor won’t be remembered for anything else either.
@@IncognitoDre I don't think you can use journeyman as an insult given how many teams Bautista played for.
THAT punch was perfect. Rougie knows and Bautista will never forget.
Jose is lucky Odor had a glove on his left hand, or he gets lit up waaaay worse. That follow up shot after being wobbled by the 1st Would have knocked him out if it was a fist and not a baseball glove.
WHAT!? You mean the off balance swat with glove was harder than loaded up sucker punch the guy didn't even see coming? LOLOL
@@Flexb123 he didn't see the punch coming??? What fkn video did you watch?
If you have beef with someone (a team in this instance) and you do something dirty af. And then you stand up and get into someone's face.. *EXPECT TO BE PUNCHED* .. Seriously.
Sucker punch.. 😂😂😂😂 you must not know wtf the definition of a sucker punch is.
Ol JB thought he could act like he was tough crap and didn't think "the little guy" would actually do something. Well. He did.
To call that a sucker punch of fkn comical.
Great video brotha
Never changed a thing
you're very underrated! great video
Didn't like the flip, but the slide. When I saw Bautista square up. That was it. It was satisfying
How about machados slide into pedroia that derailed his career
As a Jays fan I’d rather get punched in May than knocked out in October
Jays didn't do anything after defeating the Rangers that year. What happened on that October was forgotten, while the punch will continue to live on in highlights for years to come.
... still knocked out of october
@@rickycamilo4488 Thats not the point we knocked the Rangers out
@@Toews1247 and yet the Rangers still have a World Series recently while the Blue Jays biggest claim to fame the past 30 years is Bautista's bat flip
@@CMed14 I dunno why ur so salty also the bat flip did a lot more for baseball than the rangers ws
I had the pleasure of being at this game. Really lucky considering I used to only go to a game or two every season back then. What a memory
You need to update it to the punch 2 starring Ramirez vs Anderson
That's a good wallop too!💪😎👍
@@b80-s9i Now that was a legit fight. Anderson gave Jose time to get his hands up and go. Unlike Odor who bumrushed/sucker punched Jose before he even had time to get his hands up or knew what was happening.
This event is one of the most baffling things I've ever witnessed in baseball, in the sense that what actually happened, and what can be seen clearly in the footage, is not what fans say happened, even when narrating directly over footage of the event.
Yes, Bautista's slide was late. Yes, he was squaring up. But, the slide was a response to the cowardly, pathetic, childish HBP they gave him, and he was "squaring up" in response to Odor, who pushed him, instigating the actual fight. The order of events is Bautista slides, Odor says something, Bautista walks up to Odor giving no indication he intends to do more than jaw at him, Odor pushes Bautista away amd immediately decks him before he can get his hands up. There's no honest way to see it differently.
At every step in the confrontation here, the Rangers should come off as the aggressor and the party that is in the wrong. But because people already disliked Bautista and liked Odor, they make up an alternate reality where Odor is a hero and Bautista was the aggressor/villain.
It's fucking crazy.
I think you are hugely overreacting to this entire event. I clearly remember this happening but I have almost never thought of this punch when the name Rougned Odor comes up. And I absolutely don’t remember where I was when this happened! This was just another fight, there have been many others just like it. Literally the only thing that makes this a little different is that Odor connected on such a solid punch, which almost never happens in baseball.
Rougned's punch was great, but what doesn't get talked about enough is Sam Dyson's perfect sprinting spear tackle of Russell Martin. Absolutely incredible.
What was better was Dyson checking his nose for blood after and face all red. He got popped good in that scrum and was by Martin.
JB got his in a big way. 😂
Cry babies mad at a bat flip😂😂😂😂😂
Man up sissy...
That unwritten rule about hitting a home run and not even enjoying the moment is the stupidest shit, The problem is this kind of BS is spreading to other Major leagues including Football and really heavy in basketball. It is really god damned soft of a pitcher to care about that one home run to that degree and then send a ball into someones back head or ribs because they got "shown up" FU.
His bat flip changed that though
This situation made people realize how dumb it was and how common it is now
Oh. Cito still sucks!
One bloke will be remembered by nobody except for throwing a cheap right hand but the other bloke will be remembered for that swing and bat flip in the post season.
And neither will be remembered for winning a World Series
@@PeaBuzz yeah those rings are not easy to come by…many have tried and many didn’t even get close. I’d a rather a bigger bank balance after it’s all said and done then a ring 💍
Good punch. Trained from the heal with the twist. He felt that.
Expected this to be the Jose Ramirez Tim Anderson fight lol
It's important to note that this fight took place minutes after the Toronto Raptors advanced to their first ever ECF.
Rougy and Joey Bats gonna have a drink and laugh about this one day.
"the punch heard around the world" versus "the bat flip heard around the world." I dunno; one seems to have made more of a difference.
Considering blue jays never won anything since Joe Carter and Bautista was a joke afterwards, as a player and a punchline in jokes, ya gotta go with the punch…and let’s not forget that the jays were the OG team being accused of Astro level sign stealing in those days. Kinda funny how all that came out and the jays are back to joke status as a major sports team…weird how that happened, eh?!
The Jose Ramirez and Tim Anderson fight was in my opinion better since somebody got knockout
The commentary was hilarious
Gave him the ol' one nik upside the dome piece!!!
💪😎👍
if the pitchers feared a flying bat or the batter bringing the bat to the 'discussion' at the mound, after the beaning, it might stop this low class behavior. (in the real world, beaning could be considered assualt with a deadly weapon.)
The celebrations might appeal to some fans but certainly not all. The NFL celebrations are ridiculous. An entire defense sprints to the end zone for a dumb pose after they cause a turnover, even if they’re behind by 20 points in the fourth quarter.
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Boomer control over the unwritten rules has a lot to do with these changes. I think that the retirement of Tony LaRussa was a watershed moment. He was great in the 80s and 90s, but refused to change with the times. Strangely, the steroid era helped with this. It made baseball exciting, but it also deteriorated the integrity of the game. Sometimes we forget how sacred baseball was to our nation's identity. Once the game itself was compromised by steroids, the tradition of it all began to unravel. This opened the way for things that simply weren't tolerated just one or two generations prior.
For baseball to compete as a national form of sports entertainment, it needs to stay fresh and exciting. The personalities need to come out on the field and not just in front of a camera in the locker room. I will remain nostalgic about the kind of baseball I grew up with, but I am enjoying watching skilled players who clearly love the game in a way that wasn't always seen except after the last out of the WS or a no-hitter. Now we see the fun after a great play. We see it after a home run. Players are allowed to show their emotions without constant fear of retaliation. Baseball is evolving and becoming what it was meant to be.
Pure Joy.
Bautista's slide was clean though, im not a Jays fan nor do i even like Jose Bautista. BUT.. slide was clean and fair, made some light contact with Odor.
I do also think his punch was a sucker punch too. A solid one but a sucker-punch, nonetheless.
You say you're not a Jays fan, but you definitely sounds like one.
Jose was squared up, fists ready. Not a sucker punch. Not even close. And as he noted he had barely started the slide when he was over the bag. It was a clean slide if and only if he was sliding into center field.