Brass Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Look at the pics. Make your own decision:Now why the did the Sox sign Tavarez in the first place? The guy has proved time and again that he is a pyscho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schlim Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 What kind of fist/punch is that?Did that guy get a second degree Alex Rodriguez fighting belt or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFoA Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 That certainly is a weird looking punch.Anyways, good to see the D'Rays showing that they might perenially be the worst team in the AL East, but they can take ANYDAMNBODY in a fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Tavarez is a lfat out punk a mediocre pitcher and hot head, one of tehse days noboidy will wnat him any more and he will be out of baseball, and its gonna be soon with actions like this. Its SPRING TRAINNING JACKASS!! No fighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twi Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Baseball "fights" are a disgrace. They're all like a middle school fight, just a big group of people doing nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 What kind of fist/punch is that?Did that guy get a second degree Alex Rodriguez fighting belt or something? Yeah, it looks like he's throwing a fistfull of dirt at him instead of punching him...."Here's mud in your eye!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcgd Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 The guy is an idiot.Thank you Red Sox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapshot Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 If there's one thing the Red Sox need, it's an instigator.I hope Tavarez gets cut before the opener. Doesn't he have a history of starting fights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenger Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 As a Sox fan, he's pretty tough to root for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STL FANATIC Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Man, I LOVED Julian. I can't love him while he's wearing that jersey, though.But man, the guys flat out a competitor. He's not mediocore, he's good. Maybe he's starting the downslide of his career and is heading that way, but he hasn't always been mediocre.Sure the guys got a temper, but I've always like a little competitive flair even when it results in some stupid things like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBGKon Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 The Rays website has a story about how Tavarez got off lucky because Gathright is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.Tavarez got lucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shumway Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Man, he really does punch like a woman, as Gathright said.I thought it was funny how Tavarez said he's not a fighter in an interview. Isn't he the guy who karate kicked someone when he was with the Cubs?Oddly enough, I met him when he was with Cleveland. I was at an O's/Tribe game and met him and Dennis Martinez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HatCityEnforcer Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 I always thought Tavarez was a few beans short of a burrito...Going after a black belt in Taekwando confirms it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitaminD Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 I always thought Tavarez was a few beans short of a burrito...Going after a black belt in Taekwando confirms it... He had me convinced he's nuts long before this.I watched him pitch in a Marlins-Phillies game. IIRC, he wasn't supposed to pitch, or just didn't want to. Whatever the reason, I don't think he cracked 75 on the radar gun the whole game.Then there was that time the umps caught him doctoring the ball, and he was trying to hug one of the umps (he was with St. Louis by this point). Yet he's making millions of dollars, and we're sitting here grousing about it. Go figure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STL FANATIC Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 I always thought Tavarez was a few beans short of a burrito...Going after a black belt in Taekwando confirms it... He had me convinced he's nuts long before this.I watched him pitch in a Marlins-Phillies game. IIRC, he wasn't supposed to pitch, or just didn't want to. Whatever the reason, I don't think he cracked 75 on the radar gun the whole game.Then there was that time the umps caught him doctoring the ball, and he was trying to hug one of the umps (he was with St. Louis by this point). Yet he's making millions of dollars, and we're sitting here grousing about it. Go figure... Don't hold the doctoring the ball thing against him. It was essentially proven he did nothing illegal. Both the umps and the mlb handled the problem incorrectly.There's plenty of other things you can point to though. Like when he punched the phone in the 2004 NLCS and broke his hand. Luckily it was his glove hand and he came back and pitched great his next time out. (By the way, though they apologized, Houston did the classy thing by showing that incident over their big screen...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronChefShark Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 We Giants fans are all too familiar with the headcase that is Julian Tavarez. How this guy still has a job in baseball, Ill never know.Come to think of it, when you think of pitchers that have a screw loose, like Tavarez, Pedro Martinez, Jose Lima, Odalas Perez,......what is it with Dominican pitchers? is it like a rule that they have to be wierdos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitaminD Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Don't hold the doctoring the ball thing against him. It was essentially proven he did nothing illegal. Both the umps and the mlb handled the problem incorrectly. Granted, the umps and the authorities botched the situation. But none of us knew that at the time, so you can't explain away his odd behavior while the situation was unfolding by saying MLB screwed up. He was still acting like a fool while the incident was occurring; it wasn't until afterward that it was proven he didn't doctor the ball, which speaks to the point everyone's been making: he's nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STL FANATIC Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Don't hold the doctoring the ball thing against him. It was essentially proven he did nothing illegal. Both the umps and the mlb handled the problem incorrectly. Granted, the umps and the authorities botched the situation. But none of us knew that at the time, so you can't explain away his odd behavior while the situation was unfolding by saying MLB screwed up. He was still acting like a fool while the incident was occurring; it wasn't until afterward that it was proven he didn't doctor the ball, which speaks to the point everyone's been making: he's nuts. Oh, well that's true. Of course, he KNEW he didn't doctor the ball, so at least he had that excuse for being upset. I still love how he tossed the cap that the ump said he had the stuff on into the crowd. That was the MLB's first mistake in the whole thing...not confiscating the evidence. I actually have to admit though that I don't think I got to see that thing unfold live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiss Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Hey Julian, get some lessons of how to assault the Arod's face from Varitek!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiss Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Tavarez is suspended for 10 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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