Yu Darvish Should've Stood His Ground

I doubt I’ll ever entirely understand why Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish didn’t flip Yuli Gurriel in his first at-bat last night. It’s game seven of the World Series, you’re at home, lovely Chavez Ravine, the stands are packed with 50,000 mostly Dodgers fans, there’s a worldwide audience in the tens of millions watching you, and the guy who made fun of you a few nights back steps to the plate. They showed on TV what he did—the eye thing—when he got back to the dugout after hitting a home run off you. He pulled his eyes into a squint, then he laughed. Everyone saw it. Oh, he’s got to go down right here and now. Put it right under his chin and watch him hit the dirt like a chair was pulled out from under him.

Wait, what’s he doing? Did Gurriel just tip his helmet at me? Now he wants to make like this is an exhibit from the “Peace and Reconciliation Wing” in the Museum of Moderation? Is this guy for real? This is baseball. He’s definitely going down.

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