Another infielder fails to remember the Ventura Rule

If you are going to rush the mound, know what you are going to do when you get there!

"A volatile series finally turned violent when Adam Kennedy charged the mound after being hit by a pitch from Texas' Scott Feldman, triggering a bench-clearing brawl in the Rangers' 9-3 victory over the Angels."

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If you have the TV on and this coming up on SportsCenter, please send the kids from the room and look away. It is one of the most embarassing clips from this baseball season. Kennedy is only alive because the pitcher in question (Feldman) had nothing to back up his fastball (all jab, no power punching).

Both teams are playing about .500 ball in both the last 10 games and for the season. Both are 6.5 games back in their division and neither have any chance of the wildcard (ChiSox, Yanks, RedSox, and Twinkies are too good!).

So the only thing left is to puff out their chests and pretend they are "important big leaguers" by playing a warped "Lord of the Flies" version of king of the sandbox. Well, they are big leaguers, but those flailing punches simply proved that "important" has one too many r's in it. . .

Of course, maybe I am missing the big picture. If this results in both Mike Scioscia and Buck Showalter getting ejections and suspensions, then there is a huge silver lining for baseball, if not mankind! :)