Ramón Laureano and the Oakland A's get into a little dust up, a breakdown
What Happened
The rivalry between the Oakland Athletics and the Texas Rangers continues to boil over, as Oakland outfielder Ramón Laureano finds himself at the center of another on-field incident. The story dates back to June 8th, when Rangers pitcher Nate Pearson hit Laureano after he homered off of him. Laureano took offense to Pearson's actions, leading to a heated exchange between the two players. The tension resurfaces in the latest matchup, as Rangers pitcher Dane Dunning hits Laureano with a pitch in the eighth inning. Laureano, clearly agitated, begins to exchange words with Dunning and the Texas dugout. The umpires warn both teams, hoping to prevent the situation from escalating further. However, the conflict reignites in the bottom of the eighth, when Athletics pitcher James Kaprielian appears to intentionally hit Rangers outfielder Adolis García. This prompts the benches to clear, with players from both teams rushing onto the field. In the midst of the chaos, Athletics hitting coach Brad Ausmus tries to hold back Laureano, who is visibly upset and seeking retribution. The umpires quickly step in, restoring order and ejecting Laureano from the game. As the dust settles, Rangers infielder Asdrubal Cabrera is also ejected and the Athletics' bullpen coach, Mark Kotsay and Rangers' pitching coach, Doug Mathis, engage in a heated discussion of their own. "I thought we said we're gonna hit this guy," Mathis is heard telling the umpires, suggesting the retaliation was premeditated. Laureano, speaking after the game, expresses his frustration with the situation. "He stepped on my bat, so there you go, step on it, have at it," Laureano says, referring to the incident from June. The heated rivalry between these two teams continues to simmer, with both sides unwilling to back down. The on-field antics and the desire for retribution have clearly escalated the tensions and it remains to be seen how the teams will handle the growing animosity in their future matchups.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentdust-up in Oakland alert and this one's
got a history go back to June 8th when
Mark Cana was in Texas take Samson deep
Samson says go [ __ ] run kind of says
okay I'll run I don't care
says it again he says I'll run and then
the third out of that inning laureano
flies out and he says that Samson as he
walked across stepped on his bat so now
let's go to yesterday's game kind of
gets his revenge right away takes him
deep in the second inning and he runs
right out the box man of his word I'll
run next at-bat for mark and Samson goes
outside outside gets two strikes and
then clunks him is it on purpose
who knows or the a is gonna be mad about
that
obviously now laureano he wants to get
his revenge you already got an excuse me
double earlier in the game but he hits
an absolute bomb there I think they said
it was 450 or something like that I
don't know and he looks at him
afterwards and he says you step on my
bat now there you go step on it have at
it
he said blue judy said to me he's being
so mean it's hurting my feelings blue
blue says ok both benches are warned we
don't want this to turn into anything
later in the 8th inning
new pitchers in pitching coach says hey
I thought we were I thought we said
we're gonna hit this guy hey catch can
you just like if he charges me just stop
them cuz I don't want that to happen who
misses inside very next pitch hits him
there these on purpose who knows you can
sure guess that they are as much as you
can guess that they aren't he's pissed
says that's three times three in a row
doesn't even know bench is clear these
guys gal get the same exact video good
for them and then Hendricks and Andrews
they just start flirting holding hands
untuck in each other's shirts it's
supposed to be a heated moment story is
having some serious words Andrews and
Hendrix have just flirtin it up Elvis uh
or and then Asdrubal Cabrera was upset
and his teammates were like yo dude calm
down why why are who you mad at and
sorry it comes over and says you know
what it what's wrong and rubs his back
it's okay buddy it's like no I'm mad at
you I don't really get what all this was
about but uh Cabrera was mad that young
pitcher he gets taken out of the game
because there were warnings so he's a
ejected
and about sums up what happened