Somehow, Willson Contreras has turned into a “love him or hate him” type of guy across the baseball world. Obviously Cubs fans would tend to love the guy, but opposing team’s fans have started to become fed up with some of Contreras’ “antics.”
And when I say antics, I mean playing with emotion.
There may not be a fan base who has become more annoyed with Contreras than the St. Louis Cardinals. To their credit, the BFIB have multiple reasons to dislike the Cubs catcher: he plays for a division rival, he isn’t afraid to show emotion which goes against the “Cardinal Way,” and most importantly, Cardinals fans will never admit that Willson has become a better catcher than the God-sent Yadier Molina.
If there are any Cardinals fans reading this article, I guarantee you they just pulled up Molina’s career stats to show how much better Yadi is than Willson or they’ll begin to list the accolades that Molina has accomplished during his 15-year career. I’ll never argue Molina isn’t a great catcher but the fact of the matter is Contreras has assumed the role of best catcher in the NL Central (and arguably in the National League.)
I’d argue Contreras is probably the most hated Cubs player by the Best Fans in Baseball so when Contreras fired a ball into the upper deck of Busch Stadium last night during the Cubs 5-2 win over St. Louis, Cardinals fans lost their shit.
Here’s the play.
Willson Contreras throws the ball out of the stadium https://t.co/D0OI2XN5Vy
— Matt Clapp (@TheBlogfines) July 30, 2018
Contreras launching a ball into the stands (or out of the stadium) isn’t something that is new this season. I can recall at least two or three time this season that I’ve seen Willy pull the same thing and while it’s really not THAT big of a deal, Cardinals fans went berserk last night on Twitter.com reacting to the throw.
Contreras could've seriously hurt some. Should be ejected.
— The Cardinal Way (@STL_Cards_nut) July 30, 2018
Look, was it necessary that he throw the ball into the stands? No. However, it’s not like he lined a little kid up 20 feet away and fired a missile at him. The ball clearly would have made it to the upper deck (or beyond) with a limited velocity that nobody would have gotten seriously injured. Besides, it’s not like the upper deck at Busch is ever really that full.
Funny thing about Cardinals fans bitching about Willson Contreras throwing a ball into the upper deck and "possibly injuring fans" is that there aren't many fans in the upper deck at Busch most games. pic.twitter.com/ivTVtP3mpX
— Aldo Soto (@AldoSoto21) July 30, 2018
But still, Cardinals fans were up in arms that Contreras should be punished for such a brutal act of violence.
Great. Now we're going to have to add netting anywhere in case Willson decides to randomly assasinate fans. #stlcards
— CardsCards (@StlCardsCards) July 30, 2018
Any my absolute favorite response to this entire event claims that Willson Contreras has a strong enough arm to potentially kill a human being with that throw. Also note: if your Twitter name is ‘Revive Whiteyball Permanently,’ well I think that’s all I need to know.
He could hurt a fan, if not potentially kill them. He's a fucking piece of shit.
— Revive Whiteyball Permanently (@KSCardFan51) July 30, 2018
I’m sure me saying Contreras throwing the ball into the stands wasn’t that big of deal will probably trigger Cardinals fans again and I’ll get flooded with them sharing they have 11 World Series rings.
