Benches cleared in the top of the seventh inning of today’s game between the Chicago Cubs and the Cincinnati Reds.
Red pitcher Amir Garrett struck out Javier Baez to end the inning and proceeded to scream at Baez like a maniac. Baez blankly stared back at Garrett but when Garrett started jawing at Baez as he walked off the mound, the Cubs second baseman had seen enough.
I thought Javy was going to throw his bat at Garrett’s huge forehead.
The Reds and Cubs were having so much fun they decided to get everyone involved on the field #BenchesCleared pic.twitter.com/zJZDb9ItLM
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) May 19, 2018
Notice who the first person was to defend Baez?
None other than the unofficial captain of the Cubs, Anthony Rizzo.
There must be something in the water in Cincinnati that makes the Reds players think they can jaw at the Cubs. If you recall, Rizzo tried fighting the entire Reds dugout in 2014 as well as one of my favorite Cubs memories — Kyle Farnsworth spearing Paul Wilson in 2003.
