From small ball on a walk, to a verbal fight between a batter and a catcher and bench clearing
Aug 19, 2025
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That's also what happened when an argument broke out between the batter and the catcher.
Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Tommy Pham and Toronto Blue Jays catcher Tyler Heinemann set the day in the seventh inning of the showdown at PNC Park on the 19th (Korea time), and players from both teams jumped out.
The situation was like this. During Pittsburgh's continued attack in the bottom of the seventh inning, which turned the game around 3-2, Palm drew a straight walk from Toronto's left-handed pitcher Brendan Little. After three consecutive balls came in, Palm felt it was a ball and did not give up the bat as the ball was low on the fourth pitch.
At this time, Palm turned the bat around using a wrist snap and dropped it to the ground. A scene that shows a little bit of good feeling.
Palm, who looked back as he walked out to first base, turned around and walked home again, and the catcher Heineman, who was at home, also approached Palm. The referee stopped the two and soon the players ran out of both benches, and fortunately, the game continued without any incident.
Pittsburgh, which succeeded in a double steal with one out and runners on the first and second bases to score additional points on the second and third bases, failed to score additional points due to consecutive strikeouts by subsequent batters. Pittsburgh added two more runs in the bottom of the eighth inning with an opponent's error and a sacrifice fly to win 5-2.
After the game, Heinemann told local media "He didn't say a word to me. I didn't say anything either. But he seemed to want a fight. In a 2B situation, I told the referee 'That ball was slightly off, right? It was quite close. Then he looked at me without saying a word (after the walk) and fried the bat and looked straight at me. I put my arm up, and he walked towards me. Honestly, I don't know "I don't even know him very well. There was no reason and it was absurd. Honestly, I didn't like him getting a walk and playing bat flip. Besides, he looked at me. You can tell by watching the video. Perhaps you are as confused as I am."
In other words, only Heine said something, so Palm didn't come back from going to first base, but Palm looked at him from the beginning and raised his arm, and Palm came back.
"It is disrespectful not only to the referee but also to the batter to keep complaining to the referee that he is a ball with a ball that is out of the strike zone," Palm said on social media after the game. I know John." Palm believed that the opponent's protest was not just a dispute over zone judgment, but an act of undermining both himself and the referee.
It became an incident that ended with a small happening without leading to a big fight.
Reporter Kwon In-ha indyk@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
