With no fans at Astros-A’s game, here is how a bench-clearing brawl sounds
On Friday night, Dodgers outfielder Joc Pederson expressed his displeasure at swinging and missing a pitch by cursing, which was heard on the television broadcast.
This season we’ve also had a Mets player drop an F-bomb that was audible to viewers, and Astros manager Dusty Baker could be heard swearing at Dodgers pitcher Joe Kelly.
Such is the reality with no fans in the stands at Major League Baseball games during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Sunday, fans got to experience something new: what a bench-clearing brawl sounds like.
A’s outfielder Ramon Laureano was displeased about being hit by a pitch for the second time in Oakland’s 7-2 win over the Astros. Laureano was jawing at the Houston bench when Astros hitting coach Alex Cintron appeared to extend an invitation to Laureano to fight.
Laureano took Cintron up on the offer and charged at the Astros dugout setting off a bench-clearing brawl.
With no fan noise to drown out the players, this is what it sounded like:
This is a bit longer but you can hear more after that first video ends:
Some people felt Cintron should be punished for his role in the brouhaha. That includes Royals pitcher Trevor Rosenthal:
