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DicksmackMcgee
If I know Red Sox fans, the "punched ARod in the face" part is the most important to them.
Freakyfrek
I've got his jersey hanging in my closet. One of my favorite Sox players ever.
ithoughtitwasaboogerbutitsnot
'O Captain, my Captain'
tmutrmn
olympics? what's this sports called anyways???
DeanOMiite
Tek is the fuckin man, definitely one of my all time favorites
DerNacho
As a Mariners fan, he belongs in the HOF just for punching ARod in the face.
IMoveWithTheEleganceOfAnAfricanElephant
The Babe or Cy Young might be the greatest player the Sawx ever had. Bill Lee might be my favorite, but I'll be damned if Tek isn't the best
thedonjohnsonfuzzylook
As a Yankees fan, I happily brushed past the blatant nickname thievery to upvote someone punching A-Rod in the face
Ryan72
Dude was so much fun to watch!
Mulvers
I'm English. I have no knowledge of Baseball or of this Arod chap. But if he deserved said beating. Bravo Sir. I tip my cap to you!
kevinallover
As a Yankees fan, cheers to punching A-Rod in the face.
Shenaniganz80
All time favorite player right there
C141Clay
HE IS BASEBALL.
iprobablydownvoted
Late to the game. But Carlos Ruiz has also caught 4 no-hitters.
SWmaz
Also special considering baseball rarely has captains. He was also one of the few players to actually wear the "C" on his shirt
bakunet
I feel like if he was the only player to play in those things, it wouldnt really be much to watch. Don't you kind of need 2 whole teams?
ShiftyTheChangeling
If he was the only player in all of those games, they must've been really easy for him to win.
PhilMcrevice
My Mom said there's a lot of Jason Variteks in China.
Shultspoo
What¿ Asking for a friend.
PhilMcrevice
South Park, Season 2, Episode 5, Conjoined Fetus Lady. Good episode, one of Cartmans more ridiculous lines.
bobyran
masshole...
escudonbk
I onced cooked that man a preposterously large burger. He have autographs to the entire staff.
AlienVsPredatorVsBrownVsTheBoardOfEducation
Came into my CVS a few times, nice guy, but holy hell he's tall.
crims0n7hitter
Oh Captain, My Captain!
flatearthvaxer
So, he's good?
ilikecamels
i think a few players are lucky, but some players just have this thing that makes people around them better. You see it in those results
Kazan42
Should officially change it to Captain Badass.
PascalCasedUserName
Not trying to minimize his athleticism, but how is catching a no-hitter an achievement? Isn't it about the pitching?
heylookitsmyusername
Pitchers are basically just cannons, the catcher is the one putting in the coordinates
chrisjfinlay
Catcher calls the game, pretty much. Has to call the right pitch for the right situation. Gotta known each batter, and their tendencies
chrisjfinlay
It's less of an athletic feat than pitching one, but you could make a very good point about it being a huge mental feat.
escudonbk
Often the catcher is the one who calls the pitches. One bad call can lose the no hitter.
yougotredonyu
Upvoting for punching ARod in the face.
DadJokesaretheBest
Although I share your same sentiment, the dude is probably banging JLO right now. So who really won that interaction? Prob still Tek
rockerBOO
Bold claim
Sixsystems
Upvoting for Upvoting for punching ARod in the face.
0101010111010001
Upvoting for Upvoting for Upvoting for punching ARod in the face.
yougotredonyu
Upvote for the upvote of the upvote that was upvoted for punching Arod in the face.
KingOfTheImgurians
I'd buy him a beer simply for punching Arod. Watching that smug jerk get taken down was the most fun I've had while clothed all month.
necklessgiraffe
You stayed clothed for an entire month!?
fishinfool89
Second that
xAlexandertheGreatx
Third
022981
lol GAYrod
plzchristmasback
Who is this Arod person?
Shears187
Alex Rodriguez. Yankee player. Also a huge asshole. Convicted of steroid use, passed blame off to the team as "enormous amount of pressure"
Shears187
I'm not a fan of the Yankees to begin with. They're a stupid-rich team that literally buy out the best players to win.
Shears187
You can read more here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Rodriguez
plzchristmasback
Thanks
FuriousMonkey
Your literally on the internet right now. The whole world is at your fingertips. Look it up
RosencrantzNGuildensternNeverLived
*you're. Look it up
FuriousMonkey
RIP, me.
plzchristmasback
Thanks captain helpful
FuriousMonkey
I know realize this came off very rude, I apologize. That being said its a lil annoying when people ask things that are easily googleable.
giantsmountain
found this http://theweek.com/articles/461018/brief-history-why-everyone-hates-alex-rodriguez
tumppu
Amusing, how playing for the yankees is a minus, but anyone not familiar with baseball would only recognise the yankees.
Aidoughjuana
This is what I found for the curious: https://youtu.be/IGuF-Wy_QUc
ApotheosisCM
Fuck A-Rod, but Varitek had pads, a helmet and a facemask on when he started the fight. That's just not kosher.
ImAFalseGodAndImOk
As a Red Sox fan, this was one of the greatest moments ever.
y2jerichodrinkitinmann
Protip: don't fuck with someone in full catchers
hapsdinersdumpster
You my good man, are alright.
polkadotmonkey
. Yankees fan for life. But A-tool was such a tool. God I hated that man.
022981
Nonononono. Its GAYrod
koboldesq
I'll always remember him most for trying to slap away the tag at first base. He will always be Slappy Sally to me.
FernandoRumdebum
Any chance of a layman explanation as to why it kicked off or is that not possible ? (I know more about blurnsball than baseball)
chrisjfinlay
That's about as layman as I can get =)
chrisjfinlay
Yankees/Sox have a long and storied rivalry, which is one huge aspect of it. A-Rod reckoned he got hit by the pitch on purpose, and gave...
chrisjfinlay
Varitek a lot of lip (hell, the camera very clearly catches him yelling "FUCK YOU!"). Varitek is done with his shit and hits him.
FernandoRumdebum
Ah thanks that's perfect, I thought it would require more baseball terminology ha
EliMFrost
I didn't realize catching no hitters was impressive or rare?
AllTheUserNamesAreAlreadyTaken
So it's exactly as rare as throwing a no hitter, and most of the time the catcher is the one calling the pitches.
Shenaniganz80
Lots of watching tape to learn hitters strengths and weakness but the pitcher needs to be on point as well
neonoptic
Catchers make a lot of calls on which pitches are thrown, so they are a huge deciding factor based on that alone. They carry no hitters.
TheManOfBronze
It's the Red Sox. They traded Babe fucking Ruth. So the bar isn't that high over there.
merdock379
Yankee fans don’t have much to talk about these days.
TheChandrian
I'm fairly sure that different people were running the team back then.
SendMePicturesOfYourDog
How long ago was that?
Troyassaurus
Redirishman23
Are you fucking kidding? That was forever fucking ago. I'm not a Red Sox fan, but damn...fuck you for bringing up Babe Ruth.
TheManOfBronze
They gave the greatest baseball player of all time to their rival team. They're never living that shit down.
AMartianPotato
Everyone involved in that decision is dead. Get the fuck over it.
areibold
Meanwhile slavery not dead
WTFJohnny
Ha clearly you're not a sox fan . Never get over that shit . And fuck yawkey guy was a bum. Change the street name let's go already!!
IMoveWithTheEleganceOfAnAfricanElephant
The catcher is pretty much the baseball version of a military general. They have more power than the manager in the dugout, basically.
bigeasy44
That's what coaches tell kids so they can sucker someone into playing catcher.
theoddsmaker
Wrong. While a catcher may "call" a game (help with pitch selection), catchers don't set lineups, determine substitutions, etc.
dragoonts
Coaches don't change the lineup on a pitch-by-pitch basis. Catchers call more individual shots than coaches do
nickc200
Catchers don't really "call" a game at that high level anyway. The pitcher knows what he wants to throw and has the final say.
shdwklown
True but a good pitcher will listen to a catcher who know's their craft. Tek studied lineups as much as any pitcher on that staff. 1/2
RatBastard516
Sorry bud, the title "the captain" only applies to Derek Jeter. I mean the voice of god tells you so. Re2pect!! https://youtu.be/LO6TpbqTTxI
BmoreBrewer
"The Captain" only applies to Mark Messier.
LegendOfJay
Sorry, but "The Captain" is one Steve Yzerman, and he ran Hockeytown USA.
Shenaniganz80
The only bad thing anyone can say about Mr. Jeter is that he was a Yankee even us redsoxs fans respect him
Shenaniganz80
But unfortunately Arod cancels out his coolness so the Yankees still suck
ItsUncleSam
As a Red Sox fan, fuck the Yankees, but as a baseball fan sitting in Yankee Stadium was incredible.
Shenaniganz80
Hope it was during a sox win
ItsUncleSam
I wish. I'm too poor to afford tickets to that. I'm too poor to afford tickets to a regular Sox game for fucks sake.