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Yordano Ventura gets slayed by Crying Jordan (GIF)

By David Rouben

Jun 7, 2016; Baltimore, MD, USA; Players and coaches gather on the field during a brawl between the Kansas City Royals and Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: Evan Habeeb-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 7, 2016; Baltimore, MD, USA; Players and coaches gather on the field during a brawl between the Kansas City Royals and Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: Evan Habeeb-USA TODAY Sports /
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The internet added insult to injury to Yordano Ventura by giving his Manny Machado punch the Crying Jordan.

Despite not being in the same division, and having no history of animosity, the Kansas City Royals and Baltimore Orioles got into a heated confrontation. It all started when Yordano Ventura hit one of the best players in the game in Manny Machado.

Machado’s teammates took exception to it, but he took matters into his own hands when he did his best Rougned Odor impression by punching Ventura square in the jaw. At least for now, Jose Bautista is off the hook.

Between this brawl and the Jays-Rangers one, it seems like teams are taking an extra step towards making baseball meaningful during the seasons’ opening months. Fans are taking notice of this, which is why we get awesome Crying Jordan edits such as this one:


For Yordano Ventura, that’s just adding insult to injury. There aren’t many people outside of Royals fans that admire him or his pitching style, so he’s not going to get a lot of sympathy from around the league, especially after he hit one of the league’s poster children.

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Although not many people will remember the final score, the 9-1 beatdown that the Orioles laid on the Royals just makes it that much worse. There’s one more game left in the series, so it’ll be interesting to see how this incident will carry over.

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