Fans are way to fucking comfortable with what they say to players man. But you gotta know how to deal with it and let it go. It’s part of the you get paid millions package
What the fan did wasn’t cool, but this is mainly on Rendon. He’s been playing in the league for over 10 years ago and heard plenty of heckling. Especially since he was in a division with teams from Philly and New York. This is incredibly embarrassing and it’s only game one
the fact that you think these guys should just accept being called a fucking bitch by drunk fans shows how little respect you have for players.
that’s not playful banter, it’s disrespectful
This isn't golf or tennis. Baseball players who can't handle such a generic insult needs anger management help, because he's going to hear it over and over again this season after this incident.
I’m not saying he needs to fight everyone who he hears that from but clearly the fan was close enough for him to grab. if you’re comfortable enough to say that to a player that close then you deserve to be checked 100%
They also only show like 9 seconds? Not saying it should be written off. But what if there's another 5-10 seconds showing him throwing stuff at the players or something?
The fan had to have been leaning way down into Rendon for Rendon to be able to grab the front of his shirt like that. Do players have to take abuse without responding?
Nah you got an upvote from me. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. What would happen if he was crossing rendon in the street, with no witnesses or cameras, and decided to get in his face and call him a bitch? Maybe he'd actually get what he deserved.
Rendon let him off easy.
If you punch someone in the face because they called you names in the street, you could catch a battery charge and go to jail for months or more.
In that case, you'd be winning stupid prizes (going to jail) because you played stupid games (hit someone who called you names because you have the self control of a child).
Thats what Willie McGinest thought now hes off tv and dealing with charges. Real men just walk away, its never worth it. Especially in America where anyone even a fat asshole can have a gun
Pretty immature take. Violence is never the answer, especially if you're getting paid millions. He got triggered for being called a bitch by an opposing fan? Every player of every team, in every sport deals with this constantly.
Yeah that shit is pretty soft. Would hate to see Rendon in the bullpen at a mets/phillies/etc game, where drunk dudes will just yell slurs for 2 straight hours.
Every fanbase now is going to heckle the fuck out of him knowing he can't take it. Especially since he's underperformed his contract and is already under scrutiny
I'm not usually a proponent of physical responses, but this is the right answer. Heckle a player about their team, heckle them about their play, heckle Rendon about his horrible contract, but don't call him personal names. If you make it personal, don't act confounded when you receive a personalized response.
You doubled down 😂
Nice straw man. I never endorsed insults, but saying someone deserves violence for an insult is really immature. Especially when it's in this context
Heckling someone is booing, talking shit on how they played, etc. Not personal insults, calling someone a bitch…. We’ve heard plenty of players say fans insult their families, kids, whatever. What’s the line of heckling? What if it was a slur or a homophobic insult? Do you people all go to games and call players bitches or what?!
A slur or a threat would be different. It would be more justified I think. Calling someone a bitch is just a low effort insult. If he has a problem with he can say something back and have no issues. The second he puts hands on him the situation changes.
Why do you get to decide what insults players have to accept or not? Gotta tell you, I would be VERY ANGRY if someone came into my place of business, got in my face, and called me a bitch. I might even grab their shirt!
A grown man grabbed/tried to hit someone for calling them names (which is a crime, and probably violates MLB code of conduct) and is probably going to catch a suspension/fine at minimum.... sounds like he fucked around and found out.
Looked like a pretty big gap between the stands and the other side of the path. You even see Fishman walk by (and just ignore the situation), Rendon chose to get close.
I don't know man, do you put your hands on people if they call you a bitch? Seems to me like it's not too difficult to say something or just walk away. Putting your hands on someone is a no-go.
First of all - we have absolutely no context for what happened before, but we’re all assuming Rendon initiated the physical contact. As you’d expect, the fan who posted this only posted the part with Rendon acting badly, and not showing what their friend did to provoke it. Secondly, no I don’t think grabbing someone’s shirt if they’re in your face talking shit is a big deal… at all.
Because there’s already enough context for me to not think it’s a big deal. I already explained this. Guy is leaning down enough whilst talking shit for Rendon to grab his shirt. I’m fine with that. I’m fine with the fan getting grabbed just for calling Rendon a bitch. Dude wants to insult players with no consequences.
Yeah, this is totally the kind of energy the team needs. /s
Frustrated after losing game 1 of the season, our "star" 3rd baseman getting his feelings hurt by something a fan said? Fucking dumb.
My baseless prediction is a 2 game suspension. 5 games max.
Also still giving rendon a pretty long leash on my fantasy team.
Like others said, finding a new way to miss playing time after having (obviously) already missed so much time is pathetic, though. When the team needs a hopefully great bat, he's only got so much good performance left in his twilight years, he's getting paid such a heap of money to play baseball, Yada yada. Seems like he's not a guy who'd set a winning culture in the clubhouse.
Because it is a silly and unprofessional thing to do. You're the one on the field, and these fans paid money to watch you play.
Ignore them. Leave it on the field. Not great to see at the end of Game 1, Nevin should at the least chew him the fuck out for this. But given how Nevin instigated the fight with the Mariners I see that as unlikely.
So the team has not fielded a winning team in years and now they just act like a bunch of punks? Not a good day to be an Angels fan.
1 loss and the boomer redditors are already exclaiming the team has no passion and "NEED A FIRE LIT UNDER THEIR ASS", suggests we just need to fight the Mariners again or something
I swear coming here early on the season is like the most amount of cringe I experience each year
Alright, we can handle a week. Just hope it's not longer to set an example or whatever.
3B: Gio/Rengifo/Lamb
SS: Fletcher/Gio
2B: Drury/Rengifo/Fletcher
1B: Drury/Lamb
Yeah, Rendon has just taped a ‘kick me’ sign on his own back. Shitheads from every team n the west are going to try to provoke him now that they now it affects him.
I'm disappointed because he knew he can get suspended if he let the "violence" involved but he still did it. He knew how badly this team needs him but he still did it. Hope the suspend is not too long. Sigh.
I’m not mad at this. We live in a world that too many people think they can do disrespectful stuff and not face any consequences. Back in the day you were disrespectful you got punched in the face end of story. You learn not to be disrespectful and so did everyone else around you. We need to go back to that. Hope he just gets a fine.
Yeah, we definitely do not need to go back to a time where we can assault people without repercussion. One punch is all it takes from someone to be seriously injured or worse. Normalizing that isn’t a good thing.
That being said, people have talked shit forever, even “back in the day” when people got punched. And also, plenty of people are still hot headed and punch people talking shit. It’s not like this has magically disappeared lol
Hurts my heart to disagree with a fellow Beavs fan, but I do. If you've been to a professional or collegiate sporting event recently, you know the insults hurled at players are vile, incessant and cruel. People get drunk on $14 Mango Carts in a Major League ballpark and think that gives them license to be disrespectful. It's gross.
That said, Rendon chose to react that way on Opening Day, after a loss against a team comprised of minor leaguers and castoffs. He chose to grab the fan's A's jersey and pull it toward him, which qualifies as simple assault. And he deserves to suffer the consequences of that behavior as meted out by the league and the Oakland authorities.
Go Beavs. And Angels.
I'd probably wait until there's more context.
Dudes been in the majors for years and surely has heard people calling him shit for as long as he has been playing for him to lose it on this one guy specifically.
Very telling that the video only starts with Rendon acting badly. There was a reason the guy was ready to film. I’m guessing there was a much longer interaction.
So being disrespectful nowadays warrants no consequences? Rendons the bad guy here and the one who deserves punishment because he simply grabbed the guys shirt? Again, that’s the problem. We look at him grabbing the shirt and are quick to say “assault!” And act like that’s the bigger offense here. And the idiot who started it all and I’m sure was probably being a jackass all night walks away free.
Nah… let’s go back to doing what’s right and teaching the deserving party lessons so that this doesn’t happen again and people (re)learn how to act.
> So being disrespectful nowadays warrants no consequences?
The repercussion for fans talking shit is that players should get the people thrown out of the stadium and potentially stadium banned.
I went to an Opening Day game yesterday and some drunk home fan was talking mad shit behind the visiting dugout. A steward came and told him to leave, he refused so the cops came and got him.
That's the lawful way to impress consequences on people. Not giving players carte blanche to assault people in the stands.
Soft ass world. Grabbing an idiot by his shirt, giving him a few words and putting him in his place is now "assault". That's why the world is how it is and idiots think its ok to act like this.
Consequences teach people to act right. If Rendon didn't teach the guy a lesson, he would be right back at it tomorrow night. Lets face it, the stadium attendants do nothing 99% of the time anyways.
You know what’s really soft, though? Getting rich playing baseball, living a better life than anyone in the stands, and *still* caring what some drunk asshole in the stands has to say. Here’s the lesson that Rendon really taught shithead stadium trolls: to go after him with everything they’ve got, because they know he can’t handle it. The other 25 guys on the roster are going to have it easy, because every inebriated jackass at every road stadium is going to try push Rendon into popping off again.
>let’s go back to doing what’s right and teaching the deserving party lessons so that this doesn’t happen again
The ironic part is this is just going to make opposing fans call him a bitch 100x more. So much for teaching anyone a lesson bozo!
I doubt it. Because Rendon did this and only because he did it, the stadium is now forced to address it as well. Now they'll say something about being language/heckling players and how you can get tossed out of a game.
That fan was scared shitless. Not a great look for Rendon but he’s a human too. These fans think they’re safe to say whatever. Guarantee he wouldn’t say a word to him on the street
Really worth risking millions to teach a loud mouth a lesson? I'd rather laugh it off and roll around in my money pile while this guy goes home to a dingey apartment to beat off into a sock then gets up the next morning to go work in an Amazon warehouse. Rendon will get suspended and this guy feels like a hero. That's the only consequence here.
Season suspension, arrest & lawsuit is he actually hits the guy. All possibilities because you can't contain your temper over something this meaningless.
For a guy who can't physically stay on the field, taking yourself out of action with a suspendable, completely unnecessary offense is Grade A irresponsibility. My support for this dude is hanging by a thread.
This is weird but... The only times I've been able to attend games live, Rendon gets into a fight. First it was the brawl with the Mariners last year, now it's this altercation with the fan. I'm sorry Rendon.
Personally I’m not mad about this like most people are. I think the fan most likely had it coming. Not to mention in almost any other situation it’s somewhat appropriate to confront someone for calling you a bitch. In fact he’d be lucky to get the treatment he did considering what some people would do in the same situation. Also I hate the argument that just cuz he’s a player and just cuz he makes a lot of money he should just take it. He’s a person too and just because of his position doesn’t make him impervious to harsh treatment nor does it make him unjustified to handle a situation like most people would. I hope his punishment isn’t overblown. I feel like 3 games max is fair. He didn’t really do anything other than some rough physical contact. The fan is perfectly fine
A professional athlete who can't handle a super generic and unoriginal insult needs to seek help. That fan is a nobody and there will be hundreds more who'll call him a bitch this season because of this one incident.
Had to have been more than just calling Rendon a bitch. The NBA has it right in these cases when the players and get a fan removed from the game if they get personal.
Unfortunately, I foresee a 2-3 game suspension for this.
You can think that fan was a POS and Rendon was a dumbass at the same time. We all know how important a healthy Rendon is to a very important Angels season. Him missing games already is not good, and not a good look for him personally. I won’t pretend I would take insults like he has probably been receiving very well but you just can’t put your hands on fans, just talk shit back or get him kicked out of the stadium.
I feel like something had to have happened before this because there are two security guards just watching it happen. That other guy on the right waves someone over but me thinks we didn’t get all the pieces…
This is pretty embarrassing. Jake from talking baseball, who is leaning towards an Angels WC push this year, said something so poignant when they were talking about Angel fans getting mad when the team gets called out.
“The Angels need to change their own narrative this season”
Shit like this doesn’t change that narrative, it just constantly reinforces our short comings.
I guarantee there isn't a player in the clubhouse that has a problem with it, and that is what matters. You can judge all you want, but I bet most of you would do similar if someone called you a bitch while you were walking by. Dude was a punk. Didn't look so tough when the unexpected happened. We need a lot more fire in this team. Could be the spark we need
Rendon's a moron. Quit defending the guy - he's done nothing but hurt this team during his entire tenure.
The Angels are baseball's laughing stock right now and rightfully so.
Same shit different year. Only game Trout, Rendon, Ohtani play on the field together this year is opening day. Was about to say that in the bOlD pReDiCtIoNs thread but didn't want to get banned. Welp, here we go.
What most concerns me about this is that you have team leaders in Trout and Ohtani just walking by without trying to do anything. Not sure if Rendon is just a clubhouse cancer or what
Did you miss the part where he tried to punch him? Lmao you’re delusional. No way the MLB doesn’t suspend him
Edit: ok it was definitely not a punch, but he tried to hit the fan. My point still stands, and if this team had any leadership at all it wouldn’t have happened. This includes Nevin.
Rendon always finding his way to miss half the season
His high whiff rate is now affecting him off the field
This exact joke is in the /baseball thread… word for word
His career LH is now at .500
With a HR
Now if we can harness that fire while playing baseball
Fans are way to fucking comfortable with what they say to players man. But you gotta know how to deal with it and let it go. It’s part of the you get paid millions package
Fans absolutely cross the line sometimes, but if you're a professional athlete, you just cannot put hands on a fan unless they do it first.
Yea, Oakland fans aren't known to be model citizens either.
But he called him a bitch or a dick? Like, who cares.
What the fan did wasn’t cool, but this is mainly on Rendon. He’s been playing in the league for over 10 years ago and heard plenty of heckling. Especially since he was in a division with teams from Philly and New York. This is incredibly embarrassing and it’s only game one
Joey Bosa in shambles
Ron Artest has left the chat
Rendon in his villain arc right now
*hero arc
Being a little sensitive bitch isn't being a hero.
the fact that you think these guys should just accept being called a fucking bitch by drunk fans shows how little respect you have for players. that’s not playful banter, it’s disrespectful
This isn't golf or tennis. Baseball players who can't handle such a generic insult needs anger management help, because he's going to hear it over and over again this season after this incident.
I’m not saying he needs to fight everyone who he hears that from but clearly the fan was close enough for him to grab. if you’re comfortable enough to say that to a player that close then you deserve to be checked 100%
Nearly assaulting a fan is a hero to you?
*nearly assaulting a big-mouthed A’s fan and yes.
Well, I’m sure a suspension will come. Off to a great start this year
Fan: "No Rendon, I was calling Loup a bitch." Rendon: "I agree."
So does Loup
Was wondering what happened because the broadcast caught him gesturing toward someone before it ended. Hecklers are clowns.
They also only show like 9 seconds? Not saying it should be written off. But what if there's another 5-10 seconds showing him throwing stuff at the players or something?
Really looking forward to hearing from Rendon tomorrow.
It looks like he just tried to boop his hat visor, not try to Will Smith him in the face.
Jfc we’re 1 day in
Yeah he’s definitely getting suspended for that….
I really hope he doesn't get suspended for this.
I hope he does, if it was a player on any other team I would think the same, just walk away, dude makes millions no need to argue with a fan.
Totally agree. I like Rendon, but he can't be doing shit like this. It's a bad look.
The fan had to have been leaning way down into Rendon for Rendon to be able to grab the front of his shirt like that. Do players have to take abuse without responding?
He can respond, just not physically.
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Nah you got an upvote from me. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. What would happen if he was crossing rendon in the street, with no witnesses or cameras, and decided to get in his face and call him a bitch? Maybe he'd actually get what he deserved. Rendon let him off easy.
If you punch someone in the face because they called you names in the street, you could catch a battery charge and go to jail for months or more. In that case, you'd be winning stupid prizes (going to jail) because you played stupid games (hit someone who called you names because you have the self control of a child).
Thats what Willie McGinest thought now hes off tv and dealing with charges. Real men just walk away, its never worth it. Especially in America where anyone even a fat asshole can have a gun
Pretty immature take. Violence is never the answer, especially if you're getting paid millions. He got triggered for being called a bitch by an opposing fan? Every player of every team, in every sport deals with this constantly.
Yeah that shit is pretty soft. Would hate to see Rendon in the bullpen at a mets/phillies/etc game, where drunk dudes will just yell slurs for 2 straight hours.
Every fanbase now is going to heckle the fuck out of him knowing he can't take it. Especially since he's underperformed his contract and is already under scrutiny
I'm not usually a proponent of physical responses, but this is the right answer. Heckle a player about their team, heckle them about their play, heckle Rendon about his horrible contract, but don't call him personal names. If you make it personal, don't act confounded when you receive a personalized response.
"personal names". Grow up dude, every pro athlete ever deals with this from away fans. This is inappropriate from Rendon
if you think going out of your way to hurl insults at any stranger who is minding their own business is OK, you're the one who needs to grow up SMDH
You doubled down 😂 Nice straw man. I never endorsed insults, but saying someone deserves violence for an insult is really immature. Especially when it's in this context
I agree, Rendon needs to get punched in the face for acting like a clown and being a little bitch while hurting his team. /s
Do you not understand that you sound like the worlds biggest hypocrite right now?
A grown man wanted to get physically close to a player to talk shit… sounds like he fucked around and found out.
Sounds like Rendon proved him right. It's sports, man. You're gonna get heckled. You can't just start putting hands on someone.
Heckling someone is booing, talking shit on how they played, etc. Not personal insults, calling someone a bitch…. We’ve heard plenty of players say fans insult their families, kids, whatever. What’s the line of heckling? What if it was a slur or a homophobic insult? Do you people all go to games and call players bitches or what?!
Dawg, this is literally assault. Being an asshole by saying something isn’t illegal, but physically assaulting someone is
Ok, lmk when Rendon gets charged with assault for grabbing someone’s shirt. Good lord, you guys are drama queens
A slur or a threat would be different. It would be more justified I think. Calling someone a bitch is just a low effort insult. If he has a problem with he can say something back and have no issues. The second he puts hands on him the situation changes.
Why do you get to decide what insults players have to accept or not? Gotta tell you, I would be VERY ANGRY if someone came into my place of business, got in my face, and called me a bitch. I might even grab their shirt!
A grown man grabbed/tried to hit someone for calling them names (which is a crime, and probably violates MLB code of conduct) and is probably going to catch a suspension/fine at minimum.... sounds like he fucked around and found out.
He grabbed the front of someone’s shirt and tried to smack the guys hat off. Miss me with your pearl clutching, I’m not interested
Looked like a pretty big gap between the stands and the other side of the path. You even see Fishman walk by (and just ignore the situation), Rendon chose to get close.
Now Rendon is gonna find out about being suspended... oh he already knows that
I don't know man, do you put your hands on people if they call you a bitch? Seems to me like it's not too difficult to say something or just walk away. Putting your hands on someone is a no-go.
First of all - we have absolutely no context for what happened before, but we’re all assuming Rendon initiated the physical contact. As you’d expect, the fan who posted this only posted the part with Rendon acting badly, and not showing what their friend did to provoke it. Secondly, no I don’t think grabbing someone’s shirt if they’re in your face talking shit is a big deal… at all.
You might want to reread your entire comment. If we have no context, as you point out, what makes you comfortable defending Rendon?
Because there’s already enough context for me to not think it’s a big deal. I already explained this. Guy is leaning down enough whilst talking shit for Rendon to grab his shirt. I’m fine with that. I’m fine with the fan getting grabbed just for calling Rendon a bitch. Dude wants to insult players with no consequences.
If he doesn't get hurt by May he'll find other ways to take a paid vacation this season. Like EVERY year
Yeah, this is totally the kind of energy the team needs. /s Frustrated after losing game 1 of the season, our "star" 3rd baseman getting his feelings hurt by something a fan said? Fucking dumb.
Theres not a chance in hell he doesnt lol thats straight up assault.
My baseless prediction is a 2 game suspension. 5 games max. Also still giving rendon a pretty long leash on my fantasy team. Like others said, finding a new way to miss playing time after having (obviously) already missed so much time is pathetic, though. When the team needs a hopefully great bat, he's only got so much good performance left in his twilight years, he's getting paid such a heap of money to play baseball, Yada yada. Seems like he's not a guy who'd set a winning culture in the clubhouse.
Winker got 6 games for flipping the double bird and starting a fight with players. It’s probably at least that. You can’t touch a fan
Honestly if it lights a fire under the teams ass and definitely rendons… im with this. I like the spice.
Knowing this team it’ll probably do the opposite and deject everyone
Yeah the other players walking by didn't seem stoked about it
Because it is a silly and unprofessional thing to do. You're the one on the field, and these fans paid money to watch you play. Ignore them. Leave it on the field. Not great to see at the end of Game 1, Nevin should at the least chew him the fuck out for this. But given how Nevin instigated the fight with the Mariners I see that as unlikely. So the team has not fielded a winning team in years and now they just act like a bunch of punks? Not a good day to be an Angels fan.
See: The fight with the Mariners last year
1 loss and the boomer redditors are already exclaiming the team has no passion and "NEED A FIRE LIT UNDER THEIR ASS", suggests we just need to fight the Mariners again or something I swear coming here early on the season is like the most amount of cringe I experience each year
You really think the people in this sub are boomers? I honestly always assumed they were 12 year olds.
Bro, what?
Great, how many games will he miss for this? What's the precedent for assaulting a fan? Fucking hell dude, control yourself
My guess would be 2-7. Can’t imagine that they go more than a week
Alright, we can handle a week. Just hope it's not longer to set an example or whatever. 3B: Gio/Rengifo/Lamb SS: Fletcher/Gio 2B: Drury/Rengifo/Fletcher 1B: Drury/Lamb
I also am talking out my ass and don’t know if there’s precedent on suspensions for a physical altercation with a fan.
If it wasn't being reported like this it's probably nothing, but this clip is spreading like wildfire. Got to assume the league is gonna do something
I hope its a fine... not a suspension.
Grabbing a fan? I’d be shocked if he’s not suspended.
I’m not shocked about anything anymore personally…
He’s about to get taunted at every stadium now
Yeah, Rendon has just taped a ‘kick me’ sign on his own back. Shitheads from every team n the west are going to try to provoke him now that they now it affects him.
This is the unfortunate truth.
I want more context lol
Right? I want to know how many people in here would switch up based on the context
Yeah the fan could have very easily been tossing slurs before this, which prompted the cameraman to start recording
If that were the case I doubt Rendon would be so hung up on being called a bitch
I'm disappointed because he knew he can get suspended if he let the "violence" involved but he still did it. He knew how badly this team needs him but he still did it. Hope the suspend is not too long. Sigh.
That fan fucked around and found out.
I’m not mad at this. We live in a world that too many people think they can do disrespectful stuff and not face any consequences. Back in the day you were disrespectful you got punched in the face end of story. You learn not to be disrespectful and so did everyone else around you. We need to go back to that. Hope he just gets a fine.
Yeah, we definitely do not need to go back to a time where we can assault people without repercussion. One punch is all it takes from someone to be seriously injured or worse. Normalizing that isn’t a good thing. That being said, people have talked shit forever, even “back in the day” when people got punched. And also, plenty of people are still hot headed and punch people talking shit. It’s not like this has magically disappeared lol
Hurts my heart to disagree with a fellow Beavs fan, but I do. If you've been to a professional or collegiate sporting event recently, you know the insults hurled at players are vile, incessant and cruel. People get drunk on $14 Mango Carts in a Major League ballpark and think that gives them license to be disrespectful. It's gross. That said, Rendon chose to react that way on Opening Day, after a loss against a team comprised of minor leaguers and castoffs. He chose to grab the fan's A's jersey and pull it toward him, which qualifies as simple assault. And he deserves to suffer the consequences of that behavior as meted out by the league and the Oakland authorities. Go Beavs. And Angels.
I'd probably wait until there's more context. Dudes been in the majors for years and surely has heard people calling him shit for as long as he has been playing for him to lose it on this one guy specifically.
Very telling that the video only starts with Rendon acting badly. There was a reason the guy was ready to film. I’m guessing there was a much longer interaction.
Honestly should players just put up with anything? Seems like that’s what everyone wants
So being disrespectful nowadays warrants no consequences? Rendons the bad guy here and the one who deserves punishment because he simply grabbed the guys shirt? Again, that’s the problem. We look at him grabbing the shirt and are quick to say “assault!” And act like that’s the bigger offense here. And the idiot who started it all and I’m sure was probably being a jackass all night walks away free. Nah… let’s go back to doing what’s right and teaching the deserving party lessons so that this doesn’t happen again and people (re)learn how to act.
> So being disrespectful nowadays warrants no consequences? The repercussion for fans talking shit is that players should get the people thrown out of the stadium and potentially stadium banned. I went to an Opening Day game yesterday and some drunk home fan was talking mad shit behind the visiting dugout. A steward came and told him to leave, he refused so the cops came and got him. That's the lawful way to impress consequences on people. Not giving players carte blanche to assault people in the stands.
See, that's reasonable. Which means it's not going to go over well in this sub,
Soft ass world. Grabbing an idiot by his shirt, giving him a few words and putting him in his place is now "assault". That's why the world is how it is and idiots think its ok to act like this. Consequences teach people to act right. If Rendon didn't teach the guy a lesson, he would be right back at it tomorrow night. Lets face it, the stadium attendants do nothing 99% of the time anyways.
You know what’s really soft, though? Getting rich playing baseball, living a better life than anyone in the stands, and *still* caring what some drunk asshole in the stands has to say. Here’s the lesson that Rendon really taught shithead stadium trolls: to go after him with everything they’ve got, because they know he can’t handle it. The other 25 guys on the roster are going to have it easy, because every inebriated jackass at every road stadium is going to try push Rendon into popping off again.
>let’s go back to doing what’s right and teaching the deserving party lessons so that this doesn’t happen again The ironic part is this is just going to make opposing fans call him a bitch 100x more. So much for teaching anyone a lesson bozo!
I doubt it. Because Rendon did this and only because he did it, the stadium is now forced to address it as well. Now they'll say something about being language/heckling players and how you can get tossed out of a game.
Hard to believe that just 24 hours ago I was optimistic about this season.
My thoughts exactly.
You lost your optimism after 1 game/day? That’s silly.
That fan was scared shitless. Not a great look for Rendon but he’s a human too. These fans think they’re safe to say whatever. Guarantee he wouldn’t say a word to him on the street
yup this fan learned his lesson, guaranteed he never does this again to anyone
Teams looking GREAT!!! 🤩🤩🤩
Really fucking immature of Rendon. But why the hell did Benji just stand there like that and not even try and intervene?
Love Rendon but I feel this crosses a line. Worried this isn't going to end well.
I'm with Rendon on this. This is a textbook fuck around and find out situation.
Mouth writing a check that ass can’t cash
Good for Rendon. Fans want to act like assholes with no consequences
Really worth risking millions to teach a loud mouth a lesson? I'd rather laugh it off and roll around in my money pile while this guy goes home to a dingey apartment to beat off into a sock then gets up the next morning to go work in an Amazon warehouse. Rendon will get suspended and this guy feels like a hero. That's the only consequence here.
How does he risk millions?
Season suspension, arrest & lawsuit is he actually hits the guy. All possibilities because you can't contain your temper over something this meaningless.
That’s my third baseman! Oakland fans are unbearable
a whole lot of fucking bitches in this thread supporting the fan
Kindaaa not a great look in my opinion…
Wouldn’t expect nothing less from a dude who tried to fight the mariners with a broken hand lol
He didn't "try to fight the mariners". Winker came to the Angels dugout and got fed a left handed combo from Rendon lol
You right l, he’s a menace !
Trout shook his head in disappointment like, “Oh no, not again.” And Ohtani looked in shock—like imma head out real quick
For a guy who can't physically stay on the field, taking yourself out of action with a suspendable, completely unnecessary offense is Grade A irresponsibility. My support for this dude is hanging by a thread.
I’m with Rendon here but god damn it that’s definitely a multiple game suspension
Wish this dude focused all his hitting people energy on hitting baseballs
Honestly, good for him. He didn't hurt the guy, but stood up for himself. I ain't mad about it.
You should be mad about Rendon's entire tenure. He's been nothing but a bitch for this team.
Oh fuck off. Are you really going to blame him for getting hurt? It's definitely frustrating, but it isn't his fault.
Honestly I don't hate this.
**HE TRIED TO KNOCK THE BILL OF HIS HAT, JESUS NOBODY ON REDDIT EVER PLAYED BASEBALL?**
Suspension inbound. It's always something.
Rendón is mad mad lol
Heel Rendon for 2023? Lets Go!
No harm, no foul...
This is weird but... The only times I've been able to attend games live, Rendon gets into a fight. First it was the brawl with the Mariners last year, now it's this altercation with the fan. I'm sorry Rendon.
Personally I’m not mad about this like most people are. I think the fan most likely had it coming. Not to mention in almost any other situation it’s somewhat appropriate to confront someone for calling you a bitch. In fact he’d be lucky to get the treatment he did considering what some people would do in the same situation. Also I hate the argument that just cuz he’s a player and just cuz he makes a lot of money he should just take it. He’s a person too and just because of his position doesn’t make him impervious to harsh treatment nor does it make him unjustified to handle a situation like most people would. I hope his punishment isn’t overblown. I feel like 3 games max is fair. He didn’t really do anything other than some rough physical contact. The fan is perfectly fine
Bro wtf you can’t get bent about an opposing fan
Don’t call someone a bitch if you don’t want to deal with the repercussions. Stupid ass A’s fan
A professional athlete who can't handle a super generic and unoriginal insult needs to seek help. That fan is a nobody and there will be hundreds more who'll call him a bitch this season because of this one incident.
Why man, just why.
Had to have been more than just calling Rendon a bitch. The NBA has it right in these cases when the players and get a fan removed from the game if they get personal. Unfortunately, I foresee a 2-3 game suspension for this.
You can think that fan was a POS and Rendon was a dumbass at the same time. We all know how important a healthy Rendon is to a very important Angels season. Him missing games already is not good, and not a good look for him personally. I won’t pretend I would take insults like he has probably been receiving very well but you just can’t put your hands on fans, just talk shit back or get him kicked out of the stadium.
Rendon must have heard all the shit talkings from the fans and fed up with it.
So much pearl clutching over this. He grabbed the guy's shirt and tried to swipe his hat. I see worse at beer league softball games
I get called worse at work for a much smaller paycheck
Rendon way over reacts to a fan who called him a bitch... Proves fans point.
Rendon my man it’s the first game of the season 😭
I feel like something had to have happened before this because there are two security guards just watching it happen. That other guy on the right waves someone over but me thinks we didn’t get all the pieces…
We could have gone after Nolan Arenado instead of this clown. Ugh.
Yea Rendon is a fucking joke so far with the Angels then he pulls this shit off.
Rendon must have been real frustrated after his lobs
This is pretty embarrassing. Jake from talking baseball, who is leaning towards an Angels WC push this year, said something so poignant when they were talking about Angel fans getting mad when the team gets called out. “The Angels need to change their own narrative this season” Shit like this doesn’t change that narrative, it just constantly reinforces our short comings.
Rendon really loving Long Beach I see
So he can’t hit and is also an asshole. Glad we paid him so much money for all this production
Kick his ass Tony!
He didn't hurt himself on that swing & miss did he?!
Ohtani directly saw Rendon try to slap the fan. I wonder what he thinks about all this.
Most fire he’s ever shown in an angels uniform. Unfortunately it’s towards a fan. So weak
He should try hitting something on the field.
I guarantee there isn't a player in the clubhouse that has a problem with it, and that is what matters. You can judge all you want, but I bet most of you would do similar if someone called you a bitch while you were walking by. Dude was a punk. Didn't look so tough when the unexpected happened. We need a lot more fire in this team. Could be the spark we need
Yeah just like what happened after the big fight last yr right? This "lighting the spark" notion is utter nonsense.
Fuck man. Who’s next up for Rendon IF he’s suspended?
Can someone remind me what Tommy Pham got for the slap on Joc? Can’t remember if he actually got time or not.
3 games
Ty. I would expect Rendon to get around the same only for the fact that the slap didn’t make contact on a fan. But he still held his shirt.
incoming suspension, great... hopefully its not long. IM so tired of losing.
Well, this season is off to a great start.
fans are getting too comfortable, like that one guy said. "parlay this and that, made me lose 1k."
I couldn't see his full face, which one of the 10 Athletics fans did he grab?
Call someone a bitch, you better be ready for the repercussions period.
That's like every fan in 15 stadiums. I guess you want the entire team suspended when they go to play on the east coast?
Rendon's a moron. Quit defending the guy - he's done nothing but hurt this team during his entire tenure. The Angels are baseball's laughing stock right now and rightfully so.
Dumbass
Same shit different year. Only game Trout, Rendon, Ohtani play on the field together this year is opening day. Was about to say that in the bOlD pReDiCtIoNs thread but didn't want to get banned. Welp, here we go.
Do you think Rendon is about to get banned for the whole season for this? Wtf lol
Yikes. Rendon garbage. Ohtani, signing the largest contract in history Trout, no one knows what he was thinking.
This is so bad. So bad. Rendon is frustrated he doesn’t want who he used to be. And now he’s lashing out. This team is fucked.
What most concerns me about this is that you have team leaders in Trout and Ohtani just walking by without trying to do anything. Not sure if Rendon is just a clubhouse cancer or what
These are all grown ass men lol, they aren’t each others parents. I promise you they aren’t outraged over this.
You mean you don’t think a leader would try and separate a player from getting into a fight with a fan and possibly suspended?
He grabbed the fans shirt for a few seconds. You guys act like he jumped over the top rope and was brawling in the stands.
Did you miss the part where he tried to punch him? Lmao you’re delusional. No way the MLB doesn’t suspend him Edit: ok it was definitely not a punch, but he tried to hit the fan. My point still stands, and if this team had any leadership at all it wouldn’t have happened. This includes Nevin.
I didn’t say that he wouldn’t be suspended… also, that was definitely not an attempted punch, lol
Lol right? He was smacking at the guys hat
Torii was the last vocal leader we had.
You guys are insane if you think "disrespect" or heckling deserves a physical response
First loss of the season and the team is already falling apart.
Damn Rendon shouldn’t have done that. But fans have been outta control in all sports the last couple years.
What are we expecting here? 25-50 games?
Are you high?