Javy Báez mocks Amir Garrett after hitting walk-off, a breakdown
What Happened
In a dramatic bottom-of-the-ninth matchup between the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds, third baseman Javy Báez steps up to the plate with the game tied and the bases loaded. Báez, who has been dealing with a sore heel, comes in to pinch-hit against left-hander Amir Garrett. The two players have a long history of on-field confrontations, dating back to 2019 when they frequently jawed at each other. Earlier this season, Garrett infuriated Báez and the Cubs by sweeping them with a big smile on his face and then gesturing with a broom. Now, with the game on the line, the tension between the two flares up once again. As Garrett delivers the first pitch, Báez immediately begins yelling and gesturing animatedly. He then takes his bat and starts sweeping the air, mocking Garrett's earlier celebration. Báez tosses his bat towards Garrett, though it lands safely on the ground. Garrett remains relatively calm, having just given up a harmless fly ball with the bases loaded. With the infield playing in, all Báez needs to do is put the ball in play to bring home the winning run for the Cubs. He does just that, launching a sacrifice fly to center field to give the Cubs a 3-2 victory and the series-opening win. Báez's theatrics and intensity as he rounds the bases are on full display, his jersey untucked and helmet off before he even reaches first base. "We won the game, we won the game!" Báez exclaims, according to teammate Wilson Contreras. The Cubs' dugout erupts in celebration, while Reds outfielder Jesse Winker looks on, perplexed by the entire situation. This dramatic, back-and-forth rivalry between Báez and Garrett has captivated baseball fans, with the two fiery competitors constantly finding ways to stoke the flames. The Cubs' walk-off victory in the series opener only adds to the long history of tensions between these two passionate players and their teams.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentmore drama from the two teams who use
the letter c
as their logo we got a tie game bottom
ninth the cubs need
one run to walk this off and start the
series with the win and there's a lead
off walk and a clap clap clap let's go
team and now something is brewing and
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when you do haps up and he's gonna take
ball one he's gonna take ball two he's
gonna take ball
three and then eventually he's gonna
take ball four
stolen base does not matter now he's
walked two in a row the next pitch right
in the elbow uh-oh bases loaded
only one out they're gonna go to the
bullpen and say hey hembree thanks for
making a huge mess
we're going to bring amir in and he's
going to try and clean this up pretty
tall task for amir garrett
but he's going to try and do it one run
and they
lose and javi baez is going to come up
to pinch hit because he's a righty
amir's a lefty now javi was dealing with
a
sore heel so he couldn't really run and
these two guys have a lot of history in
2019 they were jawing at each other
a lot of john you know just two fire
guys that are constantly drawing then
amir garrett was drawn at rizzo earlier
this year and baez came out and was like
hey
shut up and earlier this season the reds
swept him and amir garrett
got his broom out and started sweeping
started sweeping the cubbies away with a
big smile on his face so they remember
all of that the infield's in so any ball
in the infuse the infield is in
and there's five infielders only two
outfielders so all hobby has to do
is put a ball in the air and they're
gonna win this game because even if they
catch it it's a sac fly and they're
probably gonna score
so he's just got to get the bat on the
ball and everybody knows it
amir is in a pretty tough spot and he's
talking him right away
just letting him know let's do it i'm
coming for you
here we go i don't know what he said
because i can't read spanish lips
because i don't know spanish
one pitch in play
and he starts screaming immediately
immediately i don't know what he's
saying
but he starts screaming and then he's
gonna take his bat and he's going to do
some
sweeping of his own he'd say our turn to
sweep cubs wanted to lose his next two
games so he didn't really sweep but he
says you know get out of here take your
broom and go
i swept you right out of this game then
he throws the bat kind of
on the at the ground kind of in the
general direction of amir garrett right
there boom
amir carrot pretty calm during all this
because
i mean he didn't really do anything all
he did was through one pitch and gave up
a fly ball that's usually an out but
the bases were loaded so i mean it's not
like like a mere garrett like really
i don't know who cares kind of set up to
like lose and javi i mean just kind of
hit a pop-up but
you know he's acting like he hit a grand
slam and i don't who cares they got a
lot of beef so if a gary if garrett did
get out of it maybe he'd be celebrating
like crazy but
i'm number one winker's like what's
going on man
a lot of fun drama what's going on can i
leave high fives with the nice hd
cameras here
cubbies win game one they didn't get the
sweep
but javi did some sweeping then you got
my duty and hat
right here he's got a podcast where he
talked all about this incident you can
hear it here
what an electric pimp job i've never
seen anything like
what he did and his helmet was off and
his jersey was untucked before he
touched first base he said wilson was
telling him we won the game we won the
game because i know we won the game
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