Amir Garrett, Puig & David Bell take on the Pirates in a benches clearing brawl, a breakdown
What Happened
On July 30, 2019, the Reds and Pirates erupted in a benches-clearing brawl at Great American Ball Park. It started early when Pirates starter Keller threw over Derek Dietrich's head, escalated through a Yasiel Puig dustup, and boiled over when Pittsburgh's Kyle Crick hit Eugenio Suarez after warnings were already in place. Amir Garrett, the Reds reliever, charged the Pirates dugout swinging and got swarmed. Chris Archer wound up trampled at the bottom of a pile, Reds manager David Bell tangled with the opposing staff, and Puig, who had literally just been traded to Cleveland mid-game, threw bodies into the railing on his way out the door.
Why This Matters
Garrett charging an entire opposing dugout solo is one of the wilder fight decisions you'll see, and MLB hammered it. He drew an eight-game suspension, the longest of the bunch, with Puig, Bell, and several others also getting docked games. The bad blood here wasn't random. Cincinnati and Pittsburgh had been feuding all season over Dietrich's bat flips and homers landing in the river, and warnings had already been issued before Crick plunked Suarez, which is why ejections came automatically. The Puig angle made it surreal: he'd been dealt to Cleveland during the game but stayed in the lineup, so he was fighting for a team he no longer technically played for. It capped a stretch that defined the rivalry's ugliest 2019 chapter.
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Who / What Is Involved
Players: Amir Garrett, David Bell, Yasiel Puig. Teams: Pirates.
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Full Transcript
so much action in this one pirates and reds here we go this one's brought to you by talking baseball baseball podcast Dietrich first at bat of the game and Keller throws over his head Pirates and reds have a long history it all stems from Dietrich hitting home runs off them and them being mad about it Kelly gets the strike out stares him down they don't like that Votto doesn't like it says uh yeah you're a [ __ ] bro that's [ __ ] [ __ ] and you know that you've got the ball don't forget that you've got the [ __ ] ball I don't give a [ __ ] walk off then that's all just walk off that's all you've got the ball it's [ __ ] baseball that's how we play [ __ ] baseball all right the next event is preg doesn't like that strike call he throws his helmet then he picks it up then he's just gonna stand back here and uh show up the UMP and strike a pose that's a real cute I [ __ ] love Fleek look at this [ __ ] who does this all right so he strikes a post so his manager runs out he's like okay I don't want him to get ejected even though it doesn't matter because we're going to trade him in five minutes so he gets ejected from the game he uh you know he's out all right the next event is Revenge Hughes hits martay automatic ejections because they were warned Garrett comes in and look at his body language he woke up and itching for a fight he's telling everyone yo blue I know you don't give a [ __ ] but I'm about to fight...