SF Giants' Hunter Strickland Punches Door
Many of you remember the big brawl last Memorial Day when Giants reliever Hunter Strickland threw at and hit Bryce Harper. Quite the melee. I was there with my daughter and grandsons. In fact, that was the last baseball game I attended.
Well, last night Hunter Strickland broke his hand when he punched a door after the game.
San Francisco Giants closer Hunter Strickland will be sidelined six to eight weeks after he fractured his right hand while punching a door Monday night following a blown save.
Manager Bruce Bochy told reporters that Strickland had surgery on the pinkie finger of his right hand.
"The closer has got to have emotional control," Bochy said. "We all get frustrated and that's a tough loss and a gut-wrenching loss. I'm sure he felt full responsibility. He didn't think before it happened. I'm thoroughly disappointed, trust me. I'm crushed, because this guy has grown as a pitcher and a person. I know Hunter cares deeply."
Ya' think, Bruce. I mean, Strickland hit Harper because of two HR's Harper hit off him in the playoffs a couple of years earlier. And that was the year the Giants won the World Series and Strickland got a ring.
Sage Grouse
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