Baseball Players Don’t Know How to Fight

By: Jerome Cusson

I’ve been a baseball fan for some 14 years, and one thing has been made perfectly clear to me.

Baseball players cannot fight.

I’ll never forget when the San Diego Padres were playing the Chicago Cubs. Padres pitcher Chris Young got into a fight with Derrek Lee. Here you have one guy who’s 6′5″ matching up against a guy whose 6′10″. The two had a very sad attempt at a fight with Young and Lee each missing fists.

The latest example of baseball players trying to fight and being unsuccessful was Richie Sexson. Sexson is 6′8″ and instead of just trying to fight Kason Gabbard, he threw his freaking helmet at the guy. Honestly, what possesses someone to throw their helmet at another building? I can understand in the heat of the moment going after a pitcher because you believe they threw at your head. But good God people, learn how to throw a punch. I know this isn’t MMA or pro wrestling, but I’ve seen schoolyard fights that were better then how MLB players  fight with each other.

Here’s hoping next time a baseball player decides to fight, they watch some Chuck Liddell or Tito Ortiz beforehand. Otherwise, just clear the benches and stare at each other like good little boys.

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Jerome Cusson is a proud graduate of Columbia College Chicago. Currently, he is a freelance writer and a contributer to such websites as The Cool Kids' Table and giveawaytheending.com. Check out his NSR blog as well.

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