White Sox, Tigers benches clear after Chris Sale hits Victor Martinez (Video)
By Mike Dyce
The Detroit Tigers were playing the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday, when pitcher Chris Sale hit Victor Martinez in the bottom of the sixth inning. Manager Brad Ausmus thinks it was intentional and the result of some rather ludicrous claims.
“They were claiming that someone with binoculars in centerfield was giving signs to Victor,” Ausmus said, according to the Detroit Free Press. “To me, it’s a little bit ridiculous. I doubt Victor had a guy at U.S. Cellular Field (White Sox’ home park) with binoculars when he hit the home run off him (Sale). I don’t know if Victor has someone in every stadium. It’s a little bit ludicrous to me that they would even make this claim.
“I think it’s a little weak that they would hit him. You don’t take a chance . . . if they injure Victor there, and we’re in the playoff hunt, that’s bad news. That just can’t happen. He clearly did it on purpose. He made it obvious.
“And quite frankly, we can’t even do anything about it. There are warnings issued. If we retaliate, and now one of our guys gets suspended, he’ll be suspended right into the playoffs.
“It was just weak on Sale’s part.”
You can hear the announcers discuss the centerfield incident in this game in particular and break down the intention.
Watch it all unfold below.
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