this is probably worse

Is that pic of Ryne Price of KU v. Brock Bond of Missouri? We talked about this incident last year when the Giants drafted Price.

be brought up to batter Casey Blake? THEN IAWTC

we didn’t put up with him for the last three?

It’s comforting to know fellow simpsons geeks are out there keeping an ever vigilant eye

from Baseball Think Factory: (comment #216) http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/minor_key/discussion/ncaa_tournament/P200/

That story could get even more interesting — and potentially explosive — this afternoon. Both the Louisville Courier-Journal and the Kansas City Star have good stories this morning about the Chris Dominguez contretemps.

According to the Courier:


With the score tied at 2 in the eighth, Dominguez lifted a towering fly ball that hugged the left-field foul pole. While watching the ball, he spun around in two circles on his way toward first base.

That prompted derisive comments from Tigers catcher Trevor Coleman. When Dominguez came home, he bowed and said something to Coleman, nearly leading to a confrontation.

The redshirt freshman said he was trying to will his home run to stay fair, and that Coleman had accused him of hot-dogging.

“I can see why he would say that because I stood there a long time,” Dominguez said. “In the emotion of the game, I kind of said some things I regret.”

The capacity Taylor Stadium crowd booed Dominguez as he took the field in the bottom of the eighth, and he responded by skipping around the diamond. That brought a verbal lashing from home plate umpire Bill Speck.

“He told me to relax because I had a game to play tomorrow,” Dominguez said.

After the final out, U of L coach Dan McDonnell apologized to Missouri coach Tim Jamieson for Dominguez’s actions.

“It was a big game and a heated moment, but I was upset at Chris for showing too much emotion,” McDonnell said. “Coaches don’t like those things to happen, but these are college kids. That shouldn’t overshadow the game.”


The Courier-Journal report definitely leaves some things out, including an argument between UL coach McDonnell and the umpire, as you’ll see from the KC Star version. As the Star reports it, the discussion between the coaches also seems a lot testier, and the whole affair even uglier (and Dominguez more of a jerk):


The stage is set for a spikes-high, blood-and-guts NCAA regional championship final this afternoon, played to the tune of some possible chin music.

That’s what came out of Louisville’s 4-3 victory over Missouri in what a crowd of 3,457 at Taylor Stadium hoped would be a title-clinching celebration for the Tigers.

Here’s what set up today’s winner-take-the-regional game between Missouri and Louisville at Simmons Field at 1 p.m.

Louisville third baseman Chris Dominguez beat the Tigers with a two-run eighth-inning home run deep into Missouri’s left-field bullpen. Then Dominguez, throughout his trot around the bases, verbally taunted the Missouri players. He turned backward. He hopped up and down. He gestured toward a Missouri team straining to stay on the top step of its dugout.

Dominguez said Mizzou catcher Trevor Coleman said something — Dominguez couldn’t remember what — as Dominguez lingered at home plate before starting his trot. Dominguez said he "said some things," too.

"In the emotion of the game you say some things that you regret," Dominguez said. "I don’t even remember."

Home-plate umpire Bill Speck had a stern talk with Louisville coach Dan McDonnell. And McDonnell talked back as the crowd booed. After the game, McDonnell and MU coach Tim Jamieson had some words.

Jamieson wouldn’t disclose what was said.

McDonnell said: "I apologized. I didn’t want that to overshadow the game. He was upset, and emotional. We just left it there. I said I’m sorry for the way that went down there."

The top of the eighth-inning incident wasn’t even the worst of it.

When Louisville took up its defensive positions for the bottom of the eighth, Dominguez was apparently still on the offensive. Suddenly, the Missouri dugout, located just a short sprint from Dominguez at third base, erupted in a collective roar.


It sounds to me like Dominguez acted like a jerk, McDonnell tried to do the right thing by apologizing, and hopefully cooler heads will prevail and they’ll play a great game today.

PowerMizzou live analysis & postgame:
http://missouri.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=679479
http://missouri.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=679553

Hmm. I was thinking that this stemmed from something earlier on in the season, but if this was their first game played that year then one would have to assume that some transpired earlier on. Regardless, he’s 2 years the wiser now hopefully after hitting a HR he can act like he’s done it before.