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Jason LaRue Retiring After The Concussion From The Brawl

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Fly4Fun

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Sep 19, 2010 11:42 AM
You have to feel kind of bad about the situation until you remember that it happened during a fight. When a person willing engages in a fight he subjects himself to a certain amount of physical harm... and he paid the price for that risk.

Fighting in sports needs to be dealt with in a more serious manner. I like what the NBA and NFL has done with a zero tolerance policy. MLB and NHL need to follow suit.

Edit:

After reading the whole article I am more annoyed with how he places the blame solely on Cueto. If you jump into a massive brawl there's a chance you get hurt. Don't cry about how it's all someone else's fault.
Sep 19, 2010 11:42am
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Sep 19, 2010 11:59 AM
if you get in a fight sometimes u get your ass kicked. once a fight starts there are no rules. if he had a history of concussions then he shoulda been like 90% of players who r in a brawl and just ran out stayed toward the back of the circle and yelled stuff at the other guys
Sep 19, 2010 11:59am
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Sep 19, 2010 12:35 PM
Maybe he is retiring because he had 4 hits this year? This is total bs and completely unprofessional on his part. Typical cards way of doing things.
Sep 19, 2010 12:35pm
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Sep 19, 2010 12:36 PM
I've seen slowmo replays and stills of the fight and before Cueto put a boot into LaRue's face LaRue had one of the most intensely crazy looks on his face I have ever seen and was gunning for Johnny. Maybe if you aren't trying to kill someone they won't kick you in the face? Or, maybe if your dumbass pitcher (Carpenter) doesn't escalate the fight when it was all but finished it wouldn't have happened. To come out and place the blame squarely on Cueto is a total bitch move.
Sep 19, 2010 12:36pm
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Sep 19, 2010 12:36 PM
Midstate01;489449 wrote:Maybe he is retiring because he had 4 hits this year? This is total bs and completely unprofessional on his part. Typical cards way of doing things.

Exactly.
Sep 19, 2010 12:36pm
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Nick Mangold

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Sep 19, 2010 12:39 PM
"Does it suck that my career is over because Johnny Cueto started kicking me in the head? Yes, it sucks."
more like:
"Do I suck because Johnny Cueto started kicking me in the head? No, I sucked long before that. This is just a good opportunity to place the blame on someone else for my complete and utter lack of skill."
Sep 19, 2010 12:39pm
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Sep 19, 2010 12:58 PM
If true Cueto should be hanged from St Louis Arch.
Sep 19, 2010 12:58pm
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karen lotz

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Sep 19, 2010 12:59 PM
:)
Sep 19, 2010 12:59pm
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stroups

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Sep 19, 2010 2:16 PM
His career has been over long before that kick........ The only thing that was going to save it was a Jake Taylor like miracle
Sep 19, 2010 2:16pm
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Nick Mangold

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Sep 19, 2010 2:38 PM
Also,

Sep 19, 2010 2:38pm
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Sep 19, 2010 2:52 PM
The guy was a good catcher for the Reds for a while and quiockly went to awful ( I blame eyesight failure) couldn't catch the ball or hit above .200.....moves on to other teams and all ove a sudden he's decent for a backup...well he was back to his sucking days for the Cards....if he was a player that contributed or the Cardinals wanted they would've beaned Reds player (s) in his defense....I mean when has LaRussa ever not retalliated?


LaRue lasted way longer than he should've.....he's done becasue he was done...not because of Cueto.
Sep 19, 2010 2:52pm
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dat dude

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Sep 19, 2010 3:01 PM
No question Cueto acted like a bitch that day.
Sep 19, 2010 3:01pm
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Nick Mangold

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Sep 19, 2010 3:06 PM
dat dude;489586 wrote:No question Cueto acted like a bitch that day.

Even so he didn't end LaRue's career. Cueto was a bitch for about 10 seconds. The Cardinals have been bitches long before and will be long after.
Sep 19, 2010 3:06pm
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Sep 19, 2010 3:20 PM
Eh, I don't know if anyone can say for certain that it did not end his career, especially if he is saying otherwise. And Cuerto's actions were indefensible, there was absolutely no reason to take it to the level he did. I don't follow the Reds or Cardinals, so I'm unaware of any cheap shots in the past that would equal anything Cueto did.
Sep 19, 2010 3:20pm
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Nick Mangold

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Sep 19, 2010 3:25 PM
Cueto's kicks weren't premeditated. LaRue was coming after Cueto who had his back up against the wall. Cueto did what he did with essentially no time to think. And of course LaRue is going to say it was all on Cueto. That's the Cardinals and TLR's MO.
Sep 19, 2010 3:25pm
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Sep 19, 2010 3:28 PM
Carpenter doesn't run his mouth after the initial escalation and this never happens...at least the fighting of Cueto....LaRue retiring was a matter of time and St Louis wasn't wanting to use him.
Sep 19, 2010 3:28pm