We're still trying to figure out the circumstances surrounding the Milwaukee Brewers dugout skirmish, but to the naked eye, Prince Fielder disapproved of whatever Manny Parra had to say, or pitch, and shoved him against the dugout bench.
Prince Fielder is said to be the Brewers leader. We shall see.
Last year the Cubs were energized by the dugout fight of Carlos Zambrano and Michael Barrett, but no one is getting traded away in Beer town.
I wouldn't think too much of this, but the fact Ned Yost is supervising should be a concern.
“It’s not a big deal,” Yost said. “For eight months a year, we’re a family. At times things happen, flare up, but it’s between the family. It’s in the family.
“It’s a little bit rude when your neighbors are fighting next door for you to go knock on the door and ask what happened. We handle it ourselves. It’s between us and it’s nobody’s business. But it wasn’t that big a deal.”
Oh, except for that oh so subtle fact that when neighbors fight, it isn't on national television.
Fielder is a fiery guy, and badly wants to win, so maybe isn't nothing more than some poorly directed frustration. But what leader attacks a rookie pitcher, who's confidence hold the Brewers postseason success in his hands. Parra is 9-4, having a steller season at age 25, and was going to inevitably have a bad night. Hopefully, Parra is able to brush this off, but it wouldn't surprise me if this lingers as a distraction.
Either way, remember August 4th as the night the Brewers rallied back to catch the Cubs or fell apart as a team. Fielder has put himself out there as either the leader or a cancer.
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