justincredible;448664 wrote:As far as I can tell after watching the video about 20 times, pausing it, watching it again, etc, Cueto starts kicking (as "survival" instincts kick in) when Jason LaRue comes at him like a madman. Cueto starts flailing his legs to keep LaRue away. In the process he connects with Carpenter a few times.
It is VERY clear from the video that Carpenter is the reason the thing escalated after Baker and LaRussa had words and things were dying down. Carpenter chimes in as Baker is being backed away by the umps. Baker immediately says "Fuck you!" a few times and the umpire is very clearly upset with Carpenter and tells him to go away. The look on Rolen's face immediately goes from calm to I'm going to eat your children after what Carpenter says.
I think Cueto and Carpenter are the only two players that should be suspended, the rest should be fined.
Yeah you could tell Carpenter really fanned the flames. I always get mad that Dusty isn't more animated (not arguing calls), but this really opened my eyes. Baker never flips a lid like that. I'd be interested to hear what Carpenter said.
Like I said, I wasn't sure what Cueto was trying to do. IMO he was trying to protect himself, but at the same time the video shows him looking right where he is kicking, and he is kicking Carpenter. My original post was aimed at this poster:
I love how the little bitch Carpenter is whining about getting kicked in the back. I never saw one Red behind him the entire time. He probably scraped it on the wall and since he is such a giant pussy, it felt like spikes to him.
