With his team down 9-nil Blake Hassebrock of the Midland Rock Hounds, a Double-A affiliate of the Athletics, intentionally plunked Telvin Nash of the Corpus Christi Hooks (Astros).
One fan apparently did not appreciate the pitcher’s decision and figured an appropriate reaction would be to storm the mound, confronting the pitcher.
Hassebrock offered the following recap and opinion on the delusional and very drunk idiot:
I saw (the fan) out of the corner of my eye and I honestly thought it was someone from their dugout, like a trainer, going to see Nash,” Hassebrock said. “Then I realized when he was halfway between the (foul) line and the mound, that he was a fan. My first thought was I just hoped he didn’t have a gun or something weird. If he’s crazy enough to be on the field, who knows what he had on him. By the time he got to me, he stopped and it looked like he came to and regretted being out there in the first place. We didn’t (make contact).
This was something out of ‘Eastbound and Down.’ (What he said) was pretty much inaudible, drunken gibberish. (There was) a couple of f-bombs and some slurring. I’m pretty sure he was upset I hit Nash.
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