For a brief moment, it appeared as if the Joe Kelly Fight Club would make a comeback Saturday night at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox reliever, who famously sparked a brawl with the New York Yankees by drilling Tyler Austin, inflicted similar pain on Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman by hitting him with a 100-mph fastball in the sixth inning in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series. Bregman seemed to take immediate exception to the beaning, glaring at the mound in what most assumed was a staredown of Kelly. After the game, though, Bregman offered a different narrative of the tense moment, while
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Scary Kris Bryant Hit-By-Pitch Draws Ire Of Chili Davis, Cubs Coaches
Sunday’s Chicago Cubs-Colorado Rockies game got contentious in a hurry. On just the eighth pitch of his outing at Coors Field, Rockies starter German Marquez drilled Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant in the head with a 96 mph fastball. Bryant was visibly shaken after the frightening incident, which obviously left everyone in the ballpark concerned. Concern wasn’t the only emotion of the moment, though. Cubs hitting coach Chili Davis and assistant hitting coach Andy Haines both were seen angrily yelling at the umpires, as they believed Marquez may have been hit intentionally. You can see Davis gesturing to an umpire at about the 1... NESN.com