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For some reason, Phils reliever Edoobrey Ramas – bonus points if you’ve ever heard of him or recognized that I woefully misspelled his name – decided to throw at the Mets’ Asdrubal Cabrera last night, in the eighth inning, of a tie game, all because Cabrera hit a walk-off on Ramos last year and dared to celebrate.

The video:

After the game, pretty much everyone except Ramos acknowledged that this was not only stupid and childish, but also led to the Mets winning the game, 4-3 (Cabrera scored on Jay Bruce’s ensuing two-run home run). Here are the quotes from Philly.com:

Pete Mackanin:

“I’m trying to win the game,” Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said. “If he did in fact do that intentionally for whatever reason, we don’t play that way. I don’t play that way. It’s inappropriate, especially in a tie game in the eighth inning.”

Cameron Rupp:

“Of course it’s going to fire them up,” Rupp said. “Now it’s over with.”

The catcher said he was not offended by Cabrera’s exuberant bat flip last September. The game, Rupp said, has changed. He was surprised by Ramos’ wayward fastball, but he wasn’t letting Cabrera past him.

“He was upset,” Rupp said. “He had every right to be. Nobody wants a ball going at their head.”

Cabrera:

“I didn’t even know that was the same guy,” Cabrera said Monday.

Ramos:

“The pitch got away from me,” Ramos said. “I didn’t try to hit him. It was a tie game, so I was just trying to execute my pitches.”

Right.

Paul George and Gerald Henderson

The Sixers are playing out the string because there’s no mercy rule in the NBA. Last night, Kobe Bryant decoy and stunt double Gerald Henderson let his elbows fly on Paul George after the two had gotten into a brief scuffle a few minutes earlier:

After the game, George shredded the officials and commented on Gerald Henderson having “some nuts”:

“I mean, y’all know how I feel about the officials, and tonight I really have no faith in ‘em. I’ve been warning ‘em all night what he’s going to do, stuff he’s doing, and they allowed this s— to go on. He was throwing jabs, throwing punches at my stomach all night, and I didn’t retaliate until late in the game when they weren’t doing s— about it. So he pulled me down, I get a double tech for doing nothing. And then throw an elbow at my neck, I get another tech for nothing. So I really don’t have no respect, nothing is there for the officiating. Shitty officiating job.”

…

“I don’t care about him. It’s the fact that they let him do that. That’s the problem I have. It’s the fact that they allowed him to do that, and I’m the one that gets a technical for the shit he’s doing.”

“For whatever reason, he doesn’t like getting scored on by me. I get this every time he’s at home. I guess that’s when he feels confident. He’s sweet on the road, but at home is when he gets some nuts.”

What an odd observation– about the difference between Gerald at home and on the road. I’d posit – and maybe I’m speaking out of turn here – that Gerald Henderson stinks both at home and on the road. Anyway, I wish I could cared enough about either Ramos or Henderson to defend them. I don’t. TAYLOR MEH!