The Marlins hit Acuña again and Snitker gets ejected, a breakdown
What Happened
Ronald Acuña Jr. of the Atlanta Braves steps to the plate for his first at-bat and there is immediately noticeable tension in the air. Last year, the Miami Marlins hit Acuña, seemingly in retaliation for his home run celebration and now it appears history may be repeating itself. Sure enough, the Marlins pitcher delivers a pitch that hits Acuña, angering the young Braves superstar. Acuña is visibly upset, yelling at the Marlins dugout as he takes his base. Braves manager Brian Snitker emerges from the dugout, clearly upset as well and has a heated argument with the home plate umpire. Snitker believes the Marlins hit Acuña intentionally and argues that his team should not be penalized with a warning. The umpire, however, issues a warning to both benches, infuriating Snitker further. "You can't give us a warning for him getting hit," Snitker can be seen telling the umpire. "That's not fair. I can't let my guys throw fastballs in now because there's a warning out." Snitker is clearly frustrated that his team is being held accountable for an incident he believes was not their fault. As Snitker continues to argue his case, the umpire has seen enough and ejects the Braves manager from the game. Snitker is incensed, telling the umpire, "Can't I just vent a little bit?" before finally leaving the field. Marlins manager Don Mattingly appears confused by the entire situation, unsure of why Snitker is so upset. The tension between these two teams is palpable, with a clear history of bad blood and retaliation. Acuña, one of the game's brightest young stars, has once again found himself in the middle of a heated situation and his manager has gone to bat for him in a big way. As the game moves forward, the question lingers: will there be any further escalation between these two NL East rivals?
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentMarlon's at the Braves at Cunha steps in
for his first at-bat flashback to last
year when they drilled him cuz he was
going off then he hits a home run off
that pitcher and celebrates it then they
hit him again later on this one's
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twitter so there's some history here
some other history of cunha didn't
hustle out of the box on what he thought
was a home run and he got pulled by his
manager so the manager kind of threw him
under the bus a little bit gets hit
there and he's all no ID like come on
man come on I'm sorry come on go to
first it's like you don't get it
yeah they always hit me that's three
times that's three times dawg it's three
times I know I know you didn't mean to
just pitch it inside
that's three I know I know I know I know
it's [ __ ] annoying though I don't
like it
matting's like laughing wait he thinks
we hit him oh he hit him we suck he's
gonna go to first base as managers like
I got your back today I didn't have your
back the other day I was a little upset
with you but I got your back today um
gives him a warning
gives the team a warning gives the
Braves a warning and now Mattingly
doesn't get it he's like what are you
talking about he doesn't and snicker is
upset because he's like you can't give
us a warning for him getting hit that's
not fair I can't read his lips but you
think he's basically saying I just let
us play the game now we got to go the
whole game worried about hitting them
with fastballs that's horseshit
like in horseshoes let us play the game
it's a [ __ ] we get a warning now we
got a whole game worrying about throwing
fast balls inside because there's
warnings out and it's the first inning
I'm like what do you want me to do you
were upset because you thought you hit
it you're on purpose so I've acted I
thought I said he's like I didn't want
you do anything guys want to play the
game just want to play the game look at
a head and flick it koopa loop just look
at his lips this comes and throws him
out oh come on the [ __ ] you're gonna
throw me out just talking you gotta get
me so you gotta let me get something on
my [ __ ] chest
that's a funny line so can't I just vent
a little bit
it's so stupid that guys on the mound
throwing inside got to get him off the
goddamn mound something like that koopa
loop just licking his lips again like
I'm eavesdropping but I'm not listening
at all eavesdropping but not listening
at all Snickers pissed but he stuck up
for his guy who we benched the other day
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