Those who went out to Coors Field to see the Colorado Rockies take on the San Diego Padres on Wednesday got a little more than they bargained for. A bench-clearing brawl between the teams broke out when Luis Perdomo threw behind Nolan Arenado.
And unlike Sunday’s incident between the Arizona Diamondbacks and St. Louis Cardinals, this was a legit brawl.
Benches clear at Coors Field after the Padres throw at Nolan Arenado. Arenado throws a punch. Basically everyone involved pic.twitter.com/AnlzyGdPme
— Jake Shapiro (@Shapalicious) April 11, 2018
Twitter reacted. Naturally, some of the commenters were divided among the cheering lines.
https://twitter.com/McCartyConnor/status/984158995484098561
Nolan Arenado knows something behind his back is bush league. It's game on at that point. Message sent and received. Now what comes next…
— Rox Pile (@RoxPileFS) April 11, 2018
Of course, there were other reactions, as well.
Just as I thought, Luis Perdomo is still struggling with his command. pic.twitter.com/nNXLul0Lsq
— Nick Pollack (@PitcherList) April 11, 2018
Nolan Arenado charges the mound after a chest-high pitch is thrown behind him. Pretty nasty bench-clearing incident, as far as baseball stuff goes. Manny Margot hit last night, and Arenado assumes (apparently) this was retaliation.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) April 11, 2018
I cannot believe I just witnessed Nolan Arenado charge the mound. I have never seen him that fired up before in my life. #Rockies #Padres
— Shannon (@LoveTheRox) April 11, 2018
Perdomo was running away from Arenado like I run away from bees.
— Stayseigh (@StaceGots) April 11, 2018
Perdomo: will throw things at a player (ball, glove).
Perdomo: will not throw punches at a player.— Craig Elsten (@619sports) April 11, 2018
https://twitter.com/jaysonbuford/status/984160640544722944
Predictably, several players, including both Perdomo and Arenado, were ejected.
Here's the ejection list.:#Padres catcher A.J. Eliis and RHP Luis Perdomo.#Rockies 3B Nolan Arenado, RHP German Marquez, LF Gerardo Parra.
— Patrick Saunders (@psaundersdp) April 11, 2018
But one person went outside of the box with his reaction.
https://twitter.com/GhostofRAK/status/984160920854147072
These are the questions that need to be answered.