A Wednesday afternoon matchup between the New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals resulted in a bench-clearing brawl — creating waves across the sports world.
All-time great NFL tight end Rob Gronkowski was one of the many fans/athletes to react to the incident. The 32-year-old free agent had an interesting take on this scuffle and MLB fights in general.
“They should all fight if [they’re] gonna clear the benches,” he wrote on Twitter late Wednesday night.
They should all fight if there gonna clear the benches. https://t.co/djsUlTYe0K
— Rob Gronkowski (@RobGronkowski) April 28, 2022
Wednesday’s brawl was already wild as is. But under Gronk’s request, it would have been even more chaotic.
Heading into Tuesday’s game, the Mets had been hit-by-pitch a league-leading 18 times — including four times in the first two games of the St. Louis series. When New York batter J.D. Davis got hit yet again, it was only a matter of time before things came to a head.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, Mets reliever Yoan Lopez gave St. Louis DH Nolan Arenado a scare with an up-and-in pitch. Arenado hit him with a “come-get-me” nod and the rest was history.
The Mets ultimately lost the game 10-5, but are 14-6 to start the 2022 season.
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