BASEBRAWL - A Hunt and Peck

Batters have been known to charge the mound a time or two...

So here is the thing: we all agree that fighting is bad. Use your words, not your fists - that stuff. But here is the other thing: throwing baseballs at people is also bad and actually more dangerous than fighting. So also stop throwing baseballs at people on purpose.

Oh for the love of... Are you kidding me with this?

The only real winners in this are the people that makes memes.

Bryce Harper, Hunter Strickland spark fracas | MLB.com

Bryce Harper charges mound, has fistfight with Hunter Strickland | SBNation.com

Bryce Harper charging the mound is proof people named ‘Bryce’ shouldn’t fight | SBNation.com

Bryce Harper charged the mound and Twitter fell in love with his hair and terrible helmet throwing | SBNation.com

Bryce Harper inducted himself into the Worst Throws Hall of Fame | SBNation.com

Ranking the top 4 people who refused to get involved in the Bryce Harper fight | SBNation.com

The unwritten rules of waiting several years to throw a baseball at Bryce Harper | SBNation.com

Katie Ledecky wants Bryce Harper to make most of his potential suspension | SBNation.com

Olney: Giants should consider pre-emptively punishing Strickland | Buster Olney Blog | ESPN

Dear Bryce Harper, my dude, what were you thinking?! | ESPN

what else is going on in baseball...

• 10 of the biggest team strengths this MLB season. | Sports on Earth
• Let's check in on baseball's biggest offseason contracts. | Sports on Earth
• The Rally Squirrel returned to Cleveland and the fans couldn't stop cheering | MLB.com
• 24 years after Jose Canseco's head assisted a homer, an MiLB game ended nearly the same way | MLB.com
• Revere on Invasion of Normandy | MLB.com
• HOFer, former Senator Jim Bunning dies at 85 | MLB.com
• Simpsons episode honored by Hall of Fame | MLB.com
• Homer Simpson gets inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame in honor of ‘Homer at the Bat’ | SBNation.com
• Statcast of the Day: Mike Trout's 16th homer | MLB.com
• A World Without Mike Trout | FanGraphs Baseball
• Mike Trout going on the DL for the 1st time in his career | SBNation.com
• After his 40th career ejection, Ned Yost's grandson asked if the skipper was 'in timeout' | MLB.com
• Please enjoy this Minor Leaguer striking out on a ball rolling along the infield grass | MLB.com
• Yankees' Aaron Judge hits 1st grand slam | MLB.com
• Mike Krukow's autograph for 5-year-old Brandon Crawford included the phrase 'a future Giant!' | MLB.com
• Logan Morrison played some pregame catch with a kid -- on the actual field of play | MLB.com
• Lowering the Hands Works for Everyone Unless It Doesn’t | FanGraphs Baseball
• Yasmany Tomas struck out on a ball that hit him in the beans | SBNation.com
• Carlos Correa makes ridiculous circus catch behind his head | SBNation.com

what the cardinals are up to...

• Randal Grichuk of St. Louis Cardinals to Class A as Jose Martinez returns | ESPN
• Grichuk's absence will benefit Pham | St. Louis Cardinals | stltoday.com
• Cardinals option Grichuk to Class A Palm Beach | Cardinal Beat | stltoday.com
• 5.27.17 Cardinals @ Rockies Recap: Cards Win! Cards Win! Cards Win! | Viva El Birdos
• DeJong homers, but Cardinals get rocked again 5.28.17 | Viva El Birdos
• The one where Mike Shannon’s had enough - A recap from May 29, 2017 | Viva El Birdos
• Carpenter: Cards' offense 'hasn't shown up at all' | St. Louis Cardinals | stltoday.com
• 10 best leadoff hitters in Cardinals history | St. Louis Cardinals | stltoday.com
• Return of Wong's sore elbow sends up 'red flag' | St. Louis Cardinals | stltoday.com
• Five Ways the Cardinals Can Fix Their Bullpen Problems | 101Sports.com
• Cardinals Need a Star; Aren't Built to Win in 2017 | 101Sports.com

KNOW THINE ENEMY...

the los angeles trolley dodgers

• Dodgers win Bullpen of the Week honors | MLB.com
• Cardinals next four games are against the Dodgers | Viva El Birdos
• Home runs by Bellinger, Utley and Forsythe power a 5-1 win | True Blue LA
• A Los Angeles Dodgers Community | True Blue LA

the nl central

• Will Ferrell responded to the Cubs' 'Anchorman' road trip with a video message of his own | MLB.com
• Chicago Cubs feeling stranded during rough road trip | Chicago Cubs Blog | ESPN
• Andrew McCutchen and the Pirates capped off his walk-off homer with a fun home-plate dance | MLB.com
• Joey Votto's plate discipline continues to amaze. | Sports on Earth
• Joey Votto and the Mounting Evidence of a Fly-Ball Movement | FanGraphs Baseball