America’s pastime—ha! “America’s”—maybe; non-mexican-speaking black (Tim Anderson) and non-english-speaking mex (Jose Ramirez) fight at baseball, inc. game; mex indian wins on tko; but we only know the story the mex’ interpreter is telling

By Grand Rapids Anonymous
sunday, august 6, 2023 at 2:14:00 p.m. edt

(akron beacon journal)

“cleveland — the powder keg exploded saturday night with a few punches thrown and one right hook landed. but the match was lit the night before.

“chicago white sox infielder Tim Anderson was in the middle of all of it. And by the end of it all, Anderson was sent to the ground with a well-landed punch from Jose Ramirez.

“in friday's game, replays show that Anderson pushed guardians [sic, indians] rookie Brayan Rocchio off second base with a tag at second base. the guardians [sic, indians] didn’t appreciate it, and the controversial call — Rocchio was called out even though Anderson pushed him off the bag rather than simply tagging him — eventually got manager Terry Francona ejected.

“guardians [indians] third baseman Jose Ramirez and white sox shortstop Tim Anderson square off during the sixth inning saturday.

“during saturday’s game, Anderson and guardians [sic, indians] infielder Gabriel Arias were jawing back and forth enough that an umpire told Anderson to “knock it off,” according to Francona.

[N.S.: “Jawing off,” how? They don’t even speak the same language.]

“that led to the sixth inning, when Ramirez slid into second base and Anderson again applied a hard tag and stood over him. the two exchanged heated words, Anderson dropped his glove and then both squared off with one another, as if they suddenly became the main event on fight night. Anderson missed twice before Ramirez connected.

“Ramirez detailed his perspective on how things unfolded after the game.

“‘I think he’s been disrespecting the game for a while,” Ramirez said through a team translator. (GRA: Through a team translator? Jeezus.) “I even had the chance to tell him [earlier] during the game, ‘don’t do this stuff. That’s disrespectful. Don’t start tagging people like that because, in reality, we’re here trying to find ways to provide for our families.’ and when he does things he does on the bases, he can get somebody out of the game.’”

[GRA: How could Anderson understand him?]

[N.S.: I don’t trust his translator.]

“Ramirez said that if Anderson wants to fight, he has to defend himself.

“‘I was telling him to stop doing that, and then as soon as that play happened, he tagged me again really hard, more than needed,’ Ramirez said. ‘and then he had the reaction, he said I want to fight, and if you want to fight, I have to defend myself.’”

GRA: America’s pastime—ha! “America’s”—maybe.

--GRA