Louisville pitcher drops two HARD “F— you”‘s at Vanderbilt batter, promptly blows game the next inning

The all-out war between batters and pitchers has made its way to the College World Series, and it got particularly heated on Friday night in Omaha.
RELATED: The most batsh-t crazy pitchers in baseball history
In an elimination game between Vanderbilt and Louisville, with a trip to the CWS Finals on the line, junior Cardinals pitcher Luke Smith pitched a masterpiece of a game. After seven and two-thirds, the right hander from Champaign, Ill., had struck out nine Commodores, given up just one run and was poised to go the distance. With two outs and nobody on, Smith recorded his 10th strikeout of the night on a filthy curveball, then stared down Vandy first baseman Julian Infante and dropped two HARD “F— YOU”'s in his direction. He also added a couple “sit the f— downs,” we think. Have a watch at the exchange that set Twitter aflame:
https://twitter.com/JSChisenhall/status/1142247189089062912
And here's an extended version with Smith continuing to taunt the Vandy bench:
http..

Read More

Albert Pujols received an all-time ovation in his first trip back to St. Louis on Friday night

Dilip VishwanatSt. Louis Cardinals fans are notorious for telling other fans what great baseball fans they are. On Friday night at Busch Stadium, they may have proved their point.
Instead of telling everybody how great they are, the St. Louis fans showed it, giving Albert Pujols one of the all-time greatest standing ovations in his first trip back to Busch Stadium as a Los Angeles Angel. That may have come as a bit of a surprise to some, as Pujols has been in L.A. since 2013. But the Angels have only played a pair of series against the Cardinals during Pujols time there, and both series, one in 2013 and one in 2016, took place in L.A. This was L.A.'s first game at Busch since May of 2010, a year Pujols finished second in the MVP voting as a Cardinal. St. Louis fans have been waiting a long time to pay their respects to the franchise legend, and it showed before his first at-bat Friday night:
https://twitter.com/espn/status/1142249964946579456
File that one in the “chills” departme..

Read More

Sign In