Look, we’ve all had those moments when you’ve wanted to throw something. Kick something. Punch something.
But once you get to a certain age, you realize that if you want to pull the trigger on getting that relief from your anger, you need to be aware of your surroundings.
San Francisco Giants pitcher Carlos Rodon was not on Tuesday evening at Chase Field against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
After the fifth inning concluded, one in which Rodon was surprisingly coming off seven straight retired batters in, he entered the dugout and kicked a bat stood up against the bench.
That bat predictably went in the direction Rodon kicked it in, right where his teammate Thairo Estrada was walking. It nailed poor Estrada in the knee and he went down.
Carlos Rodón furiously kicked a bat which hit Thairo Estrada in the leg
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Rodon immediately realized how foolish he looked and checked on Estrada. Only a few minutes later, Estrada would get hit by a pitch in the at-bat he was walking over to get ready for. We’ve all had those types of days.
“Unacceptable action,” Rodón told reporters after the game. “I hit my teammate, the nicest teammate on the team. Just a selfish action, and it just cannot happen. Stupid.”
Here’s the crazy part: Rodon should have learned his lesson an hour prior.
Earlier in the game, after he allowed a three-run homer to the D-backs’ Christian Walker, Rodon was whirling his glove around in the dugout and appeared to hit another innocent bystander.
Rodón did not hide his anger after a rough 2nd inning
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He also made this wild play with his legs to end an inning.
What kind of magic is this??
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He certainly isn’t boring.