caption, please.
Or commentary on the game/fight.
New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez takes a punch from Boston Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek in the third inning at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts July 24, 2004. The fight came after Rodriguez was hit by a pitch from the Red Sox pitcher Bronson Arroyo.Varitek and Rodriguez were ejected from the game. REUTERS/Brian Snyder REUTERS
Pretty exciting game, even if it had a shitty ending.
Comments
I'm sorry, but that looks less like a punch and more like a Moe-style eye poking.
Posted by: Faith | July 25, 2004 12:02 PM
FACIAL!
Posted by: Allah | July 25, 2004 12:05 PM
"A-Rod, I offer you the chance to share your father's mind-meld with me."
-Jason "Vulcan" Varitek
Posted by: ScottC | July 25, 2004 12:07 PM
You know, there are guys in New England this morning taking pictures of their wives out of their wallets to make room for this one.
Posted by: Allah | July 25, 2004 12:12 PM
dude, how bout trimmin the nose hair a little? gah!
Posted by: Dave in Texas | July 25, 2004 12:28 PM
"Smell my finger."
Posted by: Sekimori | July 25, 2004 12:39 PM
Takes a big man to punch a guy while he's wearing a face mask, chest protector and shin guards. Typical Red Sox...
Posted by: Ed | July 25, 2004 12:41 PM
"I'm leaving my mask on Alex!! Don't hit me in the face!! Don't hit me in the face!!"
If Varitek wasn't a punk, he would have taken his mask off before doing a facial on Alex.
Posted by: Jay | July 25, 2004 12:41 PM
86 years of frustration and jealousy in New England and all Varitek could muster up was one lousy shove.
By the way, did anyone else notice how those Red Sox players ganged up on starting pitcher, Tanyan Sturtze? At least they didn't have old-man Zimmer to kick around.
Posted by: Tom Galvin | July 25, 2004 12:48 PM
Did anyone notice how Tanyan Sturtze had Gabe Kapler in a headlock, and that's why Sox players ganged up on him?
And if I remember correctly, it was Zimmer who charged Pedro, begging to get his ass kicked.
Posted by: tas | July 25, 2004 01:00 PM
Dude, You've got a big one hangin right here..
Posted by: TInk | July 25, 2004 01:01 PM
That's how they throw punches in Boston?
BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHH!!!
Posted by: IgwanaRob | July 25, 2004 01:29 PM
"No, no, it's okay. It happens to everybody once in a while. All you have to do is squeeze it, and it'll clear right up in a day or two."
(Can anybody think of a caption that's not gross? I know I failed.)
Posted by: Jeff Harrell | July 25, 2004 01:29 PM
"Let me show you how you could look with a face lift and a little Botox."
Posted by: Gamer | July 25, 2004 01:30 PM
Varitek is a pussy and fights like a "girlie man."
Sheesh, even goalies toss their masks.
I got more about it back at my joint. I'm not gonna war on Michele's dime.
If Red Sox Nation thinks this is gonna light a spark, remember that fire can burn both ways.
Digest, discuss, and remember, campers, it's Sunday!
Posted by: TC-LeatherPenguin | July 25, 2004 01:34 PM
ABOUT THAT PHOTO CAPTION:
Where's the fist? You can't take a punch without a fist being involved. Maybe a BitchSlap, an "Meow, I'll take your eyes out," move, but there is no punch going on in that photo.
You Nation morons let Kerry & Co. shut your city down to glorify the fact that he doesn't give a damn about your downtown. Shut your pieholes. At least Oakland accepts being Freak.
Posted by: TC-LeatherPenguin | July 25, 2004 01:41 PM
Can you see yet! Huh, Can you see yet!
Posted by: Cathy | July 25, 2004 01:47 PM
"This is why the Democrats and Republicans picked New York and Boston as host cities for their conventions."
"The DNC has announced that they will be erecting a Free Speech Zone barrier around Alex Rodriguez's face."
Posted by: Laurence Simon | July 25, 2004 02:12 PM
Smell the Glove
(Though a crawling, naked woman on all fours getting a glove shoved in her face would be better for that title)
Posted by: jon | July 25, 2004 02:14 PM
Smell the Glove
(Though a crawling, naked woman getting a glove shoved in her face would be better for that title)
Posted by: jon | July 25, 2004 02:14 PM
Sorry for the double posting, but (the irony never ceases) I was trying to get rid of a redundant part in the first version.
Posted by: jon | July 25, 2004 02:19 PM
Laurence wins.
Posted by: michele | July 25, 2004 02:43 PM
Well, Sturtze did have Kapler, but then two other Sox on him acted all like they were trying to pull Sturtze off, meanwhile David Ortiz was trying to throw punches. I'm sure he'll have a successful appeal next week on his five game suspension.
Posted by: Tom | July 25, 2004 02:49 PM
Ortiz was trying to kick him. Wuss.
Posted by: TC-LeatherPenguin | July 25, 2004 03:07 PM
"I'm bored with baseball, let's re-enact a movie, k? You play John Hurt and I'll be an Alien face hugger. ryearrrrr
Posted by: Midgard | July 25, 2004 03:27 PM
With apologies to Michele, that game, without a doubt, ranks in my top three, "Most enjoyable times seeing the Yankees get beaten". The others are World Series Game 7 of '01 and Game 5 of the Division series in 1997 against Cleveland.
Posted by: Matt | July 25, 2004 04:28 PM
Both products of the Mariner farm system, incidentally.
My sympathies lie with Varitek.
Matt, might I suggest 1995? A fine year.
Posted by: Sarah Brabazon-Biggar | July 25, 2004 04:35 PM
Yankees/Red Sox is still the best baseball played anywhere. It's Ali v. Frasier, every time. As Sox fan, I live in dread the last two weeks of the season. As a basefall fan, however, I hope it never ends.
Viva the game!
Posted by: spd rdr | July 25, 2004 04:52 PM
"Dude! There's a bug in your eye!"
Posted by: Michael | July 25, 2004 05:44 PM
How about "No more deodorant commercials for you, pretty boy!"
Too bad there's no wire service picture of Varitek's next move...which was to grab A-Rod's balls from behind and try to flip him over.
Jesus God, I hate the Red Sox. They can't win games without starting a fight, and they can't even fight like men.
Posted by: kat | July 25, 2004 06:49 PM
Baseball players never fight like men. It's always: brushback/hit by pitch, rush the mound, clumsy swing, grapple, grapple, grapple, calm down, make faces, point, get pulled away, talk to reporters, get suspended, appeal, lose.
Gladiators they ain't.
Posted by: jon | July 25, 2004 07:01 PM
Unless they're Nolan Ryan, of course. Dude can throw it without using the ball.
Posted by: jon | July 25, 2004 07:02 PM
"Wait, wait; I've almost finished rearranging your face!"
Posted by: Clark | July 25, 2004 07:11 PM
Nolan.Ryan.Is.God
Posted by: Tink | July 25, 2004 07:19 PM
spd rdr:
Screw the rest of the AL. Just let these two teams war it out and whoever is left standing takes on whoever the NL dishes up.
Posted by: TC-LeatherPenguin | July 25, 2004 08:55 PM
"Who was that masked man?"
Posted by: Mara | July 25, 2004 09:48 PM
Varitek: "Don't you just love the smell of a new glove? Of course the linseed oil adds a lil' sumptin' sumptin'..."
Posted by: Pale Infidel | July 25, 2004 11:32 PM
"Now you see the violence inherent in the system!"
Posted by: David Ross | July 25, 2004 11:45 PM
I'm hoping Allah does another photoshop.
"Bitchslap in Beantown II - The Wrath of A-Rod"
Posted by: Elephant Man | July 26, 2004 07:09 AM
Looks like a Vulcan mind meld.... what did Varitek learn???
Posted by: oceanguy | July 26, 2004 08:02 AM
"Baseball...is for Lovers."
"TAG! You're it."
"Thank you sir, may I have another!"
Posted by: shank | July 26, 2004 10:30 AM
"Pedro, begging to get his ass kicked."
Ahhh I see that Pussy Martinez once again hung way back from the action when a fight broke out.
Someone call Ryan Thompson...that guy needs a Florie.
Posted by: Ryan | July 26, 2004 12:07 PM
Can you hear me now?
Posted by: chris | July 26, 2004 07:42 PM
Hey A. Rod try this Facial Cleanser, I saw it on "Queer eye" now me, Millar and Nomar use it every morning after we finish bathing together.
Posted by: tedthekiller | July 28, 2004 05:08 PM
money is evrythign fuckers
Posted by: yankee suk | August 1, 2004 01:50 PM
Arod your nose is running, let me catch it!
Posted by: snoopy_ | October 18, 2004 01:43 PM