Washington Nationals And Florida Marlins Brawl Started By Nyjer Morgan...After The Second HBP.

I love this guy! As a frustrated Nats fan I wish I could go crazy like Morgan. He did nothing wrong tonight. You have to stand up for yourself. They threw at him TWICE! The first time he stole two bases and scored so the Marlins got all pissy and needed to teach him a lesson – don’t you dare play good baseball against us! The Marlins are crybabies. I don’t think Morgan’s collision with the catcher last night was a good play but it wasn’t a cheap shot. The Nats need to play harder and fight back harder. The Nats shouldn’t get rid of Morgan – they should all start playing as hard as him.

I have to agree – I dont see where the play at the plate with the Marlins was out of line. It wasnt smart, but not out of the realm of how baseball is played. Nor did I see where Nyjer really did anything that cant be defended tonight.

Volsted hit 3 Nationals players, and attempted to hit the same guy twice. The umps let this get out of hand by not issueing a warning after the 2nd player he hit or after he hit Nyger the first time. (Maybe they did and I missed it.) I dont blame him for getting overheated at Volstead. After hitting 3 players, Volstead deserved to be ejected before he even had the chance to hit a 4th.

Federal Baseball crowd has become a bunch of whining, critical, non-supportive fans. Look at the game threads and check out the negativity. Even during the games when the guys are playing well the comments run 2 to 1 negative/snarky.

Sure the team is not great but take a cue from the players and coaches. Support the team that plays the game and look forward to better times ahead.

He took his first lump, which mind you was in retribution for a legal baseball play. We were taught to hit the catcher in little league. Then they’re gonna throw at him again? Getting pegged with a baseball hurts, hurts worse than a punch. As far as i’m concerned Volstad essentially punched him the first time, and took a swing at him the second at bat. I don’t see anything more than a couple of 5 minute majors here, with maybe an instigator penalty for Volstad. It’s funny that in baseball you’re expected to just get assaulted and when you react you’re “out of control.” This is no different than when the Penguins chased Evander Kane around a while last year, and this is how that ended up:

I don’t agree with Morgan hitting that catcher at all. I think he should have been benched before that game. Butt two stolen bases???? Thats what Morgan does. Say this was Dunn were talking about. You hit him once. Fine. The next time he comes up and he launches a 500 ft homer. The next time up you throw behind him………….As Morgan said “its time to go”………….

And as someone else already posted. Some of our “failfull” would not make very good teammates……. It did’nt take this Morgan ruckus for me to already know this……….

He clearly moved Morgan to leadoff in order to get this out of everyone’s system. Even though they waited until his 2nd AB, that should have been the end of it.

I have no problem with Morgan stealing the bases – it’s early, and chipping away for 2-3 runs an inning is still technically feasible (although unlikely). The Nats actually pulled within shouting distance a couple of times later in the game, in part because of Nyjer’s run. They lost, but not for lack of trying. I LIKE that in the team. You know, never give up and all that.

Throwing the pitch behind him after plunking him and two other Nats is ridiculous. Even though Morgan’s an idiot, a team that left him on the field under a pile of Marlins would be in deep trouble internally.

Exactly…… Too bad the team did’nt have Dibble’s back……………We don’t always know the whole story……..Maybe that stlouis catcher was running his lip………….Either way you can’t throw at a guy twice………Thats the bottomline.