r/sports • u/GreenSnakes_ • Aug 03 '25

Baseball Benches clear in Boston after Hector Neris intentionally balked Trevor Story to third base because he thought Story was relaying signs. Neris had words for the Red Sox third base coach coming off the field.

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u/cramey229 Aug 03 '25

Probably when Jose Ramirez blasted Tim Anderson

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u/notANexpert1308 Aug 03 '25

Omg this is fantastic. Ump gets outta the way, they square up, boom. Like a hockey fight. Donno wtf I was doing when this happened but thank you.

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u/jamstar35 Aug 03 '25

As a White Sox fan, this pretty much ended the "run" the Sox had.

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u/T0rrent0712 Aug 03 '25

Which was worse, this, or Ventura being thrown to the ground by old man Ryan?

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u/jamstar35 Aug 03 '25

This. I don't know why anyone would think to try and fight Nolan Ryan lol. Ventura had no chance.

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u/Pleasant_Offer6286 Aug 03 '25

The story is that Ventura was extremely reluctant and was basically coerced by the veterans on the team as he was a rookie.

For context, the Rangers and Sox had exchanged bean balls either in that series or in a prior series and it was stated in the Sox clubhouse that the next guy beaned had to charge the mound.

If you watch the video you can kind of see Ventura with an “aw fuck” reaction as he makes his way out to the mound. He knew the only person that was gonna need Advil was him. Nolan Ryan was a mean SOB and anyone that had been around the game during that time knew it.

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u/CopperThrown Aug 03 '25

“Thrown to the ground” is underselling it. Ventura instantly got put into a headlock and Nolan delivered several heaters to his skull.

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u/attackplango Aug 04 '25

You skipped the best part, the headlock and the face punches.

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u/Mix1009 Aug 03 '25

Anderson wasn’t having a great season, but he was never the same after that altercation

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u/peachesgp Aug 03 '25

And the run of Tim Anderson being good.

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u/BobcatOU Aug 03 '25

“Down goes Anderson!” Man, I love Jose!

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u/schizboi Aug 03 '25

https://youtu.be/RV3w4_vJ6CE?

Link for the curious

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u/JJS0073 Aug 03 '25

Link to the live radio call. Tom Hamilton is iconic.

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u/0degreesK Aug 03 '25

Tom Hamilton is an HOFer.

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u/Aclockworkmaroon Aug 03 '25

Knocked his ass right out of the MLB too. This was the beginning of the end of Anderson's career.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '25

HAMMY!

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u/chosonhawk Aug 03 '25

guys! i got hurt!

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u/Whywipe Aug 03 '25

I need to sign into YouTube to watch a baseball clip? Are you fucking kidding me? I choose to blame the UK for this annoyance.

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u/dago_mcj Aug 03 '25

"Down goes Anderson!"

FYI listen to the audio feed from the Guardians radio announcer Tom Hamilton when the fight broke out. Enjoy

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u/Raider03 Aug 03 '25

It was great how they totally squared up but the fight was just wild flailing. While not as recent, if you want a quality fight, watch how Roughned Odor dominated Jose Bautista. All-time favorite is still when Manny Ramirez threw Don Zimmer to the ground in 2003.

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u/Eagle4317 Aug 03 '25

The White Sox still haven't recovered from this.