Hot Scott . . . Fight (!) of the Game

One team is defending a world championship and currently tied for the best record in baseball. The other is nursing a 98 year title drought, while fielding one of the most god awful rosters in baseball.

When the Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Cubs got together this afternoon for a bit of interleague play, legions of South Siders salivated over the opportunity to not only rub the Cubs' (and their fans) noses in a world championship, but to use one of the best starting rotations and line-ups in the majors to destroy them utterly.

What could be better? A bench-clearing rumble, for a start. After White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski bowled over Cubs catcher Michael Barrett at home plate, Barrett seemed to think decking Pierzynski in the jaw would soothe the embarrassment of, you know, having to play for the Cubs.

A nearby Scott Podsednik then tackled Barrett and wrestled him to the ground. Scott Podsednik. Fighting. Scott. In a big, beefy manpile. I may need a month to collect myself.

After a piss poor assassination attempt directed at my Scott, White Sox second baseman, Tadahito Iguchi, decided to snuff the humiliated Cubs by hitting a grand slam right after the brawl.

Best. Game. Ever.

[Watch video – 4:21, WMV format, high bandwidth]

[Watch video – 4:21, WMV format, low bandwidth]

Comments

[QC]

Robbie - I hope you got plenty samples of boy butter - you're gonna need it if you keep watching this clip all day...week...month...

[Tommy]

Oh come on, the Cubs were National League champs in 1945. That is still a title.

[The Rev. Jack Malebranche]

This is when I can appreciate team sports.

[Tommy]

The Cubs last title was in the 2003 season.

[james]

wow, fans throwing baseballs at their own players, players throwing punches at opponents, a manager mumbling through it all, watching the cubbies is like watching a a train coming off the tracks, and flying end over end down a jaggedy mountainside. it is entertaining to look at occassionally, but we sox [and scottie] fans have much much better things to look at, like our sox and our scottie. and just when you didn't think he could get any sexier, he's a man that stands up for and comes immediately to the aid of his teammates - what a guy.

and by the way, the white sox won the WORLD SERIES 7 months ago. the cubs last won the world series ... was it even called the world series in 1907? or was it 1906? wait, let's ask someone who was there -- damn, they're all dead. like the cubs.

[Jamie]

Heh. I think Robbie's the one who's going to get the C&D order, not Mal. ;)

[wickedpinto]

While I think it is awesome that Pods was the first in the fray, he didn't exactly fight, as he did Fall.

Pods wasn't the man that day, truth is, that AJ, with his dignified response of taking the hit, and then pulling everyone off of the guy who hit him, (especially pods, cuz, really, he was not prepared for the situation) was the winner.

If you like the physical act of violence as a small arrousal, in the same way that we hetero's like catfights, the the winner was without a doubt BA who just KICKED SOME ASS!! BA is a HUGE dude, who is young and didn't just hit his opponent, he went to the ground and KEPT HITTING! BA was the great fight of that day, even though AJ was the dignified victime, and pods was the noble defender.

Once again, BA did some shit. watch the full playback, BA on the ground, and it was the SOX that pulled BA off of his victim.