About two weeks ago, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Joe Kelly threw at the heads of Alex Bregman and Carlos Correa. What ensued was a benches-clearing situation that went against MLB protocols regarding COVID-19.
As Kelly was walking off the mound, he stuck his tongue out at the Astros bench and mocked them. This has been a consistent trend across the league, as most players believe the Astros deserve some sort of consequences for their cheating actions that subsequently won them a World Series title. The players didn’t receive any suspensions, snitching their way out of the situation, Kelly would express on Ross Stripling’s the “Big Swing Podcast.â€
For throwing out their heads, Kelly was suspended eight games, which social media and players took personally, considering the lack of consequences for the Astros’ players.
“I think I’ll be irritated forever.”
“When you take someone’s livelihood … to save your own ass, that’s what I don’t like. Cheating? They cheated. Everyone knows they’re cheaters.”
“They know they’re cheaters. It’s over. That’s been there, done that. But now, they mess it up by ruining other people’s lives, so they f*cked it up twice.”
“They’re not respectable men to me,” Kelly said.