The Rockies Hit Bryant & Rizzo, Cubs hit Arenado, Javy Goes Deep, A breakdown
What Happened
Jomboy breaks down a two-game beanball feud between the Rockies and Cubs in June 2019, rooted in a 2018 incident where a pitch spun Kris Bryant's helmet. In the analyzed games, Rockies pitching plunked Bryant twice (a changeup, then a fastball) plus hit Anthony Rizzo, prompting frustration in the Cubs dugout. Cole Hamels then drilled Nolan Arenado, who reacted theatrically and barked back that a follow-up pitch was 'too high.' Colorado answered by hitting Hamels, and the Cubs took their revenge on the scoreboard, with Javier Baez homering and staring down the mound while Rizzo ran wild on the bases.
Why This Matters
This is unwritten-rules theater at its messiest. Hit-by-pitch retaliation has no place in the actual rulebook, so umpires lean on warnings and ejections to police it, and intent is always the judgment call. Jomboy's framing is the fun part: he tallies the body count and points out the lopsided reactions. Four Cubs got plunked and one got knocked down without a peep, while a single Rockies hitter, Arenado, made a scene. The Cubs' chosen reply, scoring runs and showboating after a Baez bomb, fits Chicago's swagger during a 2019 season where they hung around contention before missing the playoffs. Beanball wars rarely settle anything and usually just risk injuries and suspensions, but they reveal team personalities. Bryant and Rizzo absorbing pitches quietly while Baez flexed says plenty about the clubhouse pecking order.
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Key Moments
Who / What Is Involved
Players: Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo, Javier Báez, Nolan Arenado. Teams: Cubs, Rockies.
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Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentthe Iraqis and the Cubs have bad blood
now I guess and it stems actually back
to last year when Chris Bryant got his
helmet spun pretty scary pretty cool
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jerseys calm so cut to yesterday Chris
Bryant this picture it's a second ever
start hits them with the change-up can
see it's a changeup there but hey if
you're not good enough to pitch inside
don't pitch inside very next at-bat hit
some with the fastball there you go
that's a fastball but still if you're
not good enough to pitch inside don't
pitch inside because you're just hitting
us and Chris Bryan doesn't like it and
neither does comedian Brian Posehn in
the back I'm okay let me put my food
down hey come on that's twice man is
like come on Brian says I'm gonna
[ __ ] murder someone then today's game
they knock habeeb eyes down with the up
and in fast words like are we still
doing this come on man come on
so Cole Hamels hits their best player
let's put an end to this and he acts
like he got shot by a thousand bullets
and then he gets to this that's too high
too high oh you [ __ ] it's too high
turns to Chris Brian and the rest of the
dugout says that one was too high Kris
Bryant's like that was too high dude
that one look what we're dealing with
[ __ ] come on so then they hit
Hamels in the foot now this is a yanked
off speed not on purpose doesn't counter
so this is the on purpose one I think
Phillip deal first ever outing catcher
says hey man he's a rookie don't blame
him he says yeah and they made me do it
so just please don't hurt me then Brian
gets up there he's swinging for the
fences and Rizzo is stealing every bases
and says yeah we're gonna score 100 runs
that's our retaliation
bias swings for the fences again with
the fastball again then Rizzo tries to
steal again gets the off-speed he
recognizes it says yeah I'll just hit
that one to the [ __ ] moon boom and he
has his fun staring down the pitcher
licking his lips saying that's how we're
gonna retaliate you keep hitting us
we'll just hit the ball over the wall
yeah yeah [ __ ] so to sum all this up in
the last two games four cubs got hit by
pitch one got knocked down zero of them
screamed and yelled and had reactions
one rocky got hit by pitch one rocky
screamed and yelled and had reactions go
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