The official said Montero — who arrived at Mariners Spring Training 40 pounds overweight this season — approached the stands with a bat while screaming profanities and threw the sandwich at the cross-checker. Montero had to be pulled back from the stands by Everett pitching coach Nasusel Cabrera, Safford said.

Bill McNeal wrote:
What the fuck was a scout for his own team doing heckling him and being an asshole for?

Bill McNeal wrote:sent him an ice cream sandwich in the dugout (because Montero is fat). Then things got cray cray

Slowhand wrote:

Bill McNeal wrote:sent him an ice cream sandwich in the dugout (because Montero is fat). Then things got cray cray

Pretty sure that's how we landed Chooch.

Bill McNeal wrote:Jesus Montero is on a rehab assignment in single A, and was coaching 1B for some reason. A Mariners scout heckled him and then sent him an ice cream sandwich in the dugout (because Montero is fat). Then things got cray cray

The official said Montero — who arrived at Mariners Spring Training 40 pounds overweight this season — approached the stands with a bat while screaming profanities and threw the sandwich at the cross-checker. Montero had to be pulled back from the stands by Everett pitching coach Nasusel Cabrera, Safford said.

What the fuck was a scout for his own team doing heckling him and being an asshole for?

In a pitching duel to end all pitching duels, Chukyo High School and Sotoku High School were held scoreless for days — literally — during a semifinal matchup at the 59th National High School Rubber Baseball Tournament in Japan.

It wasn't until the 50th inning — which took place on Sunday morning, four days after the game had started — that Chukyo finally broke through for three runs. Fortunately for them, and pretty much everyone involved, that would hold up, allowing them to advance to the finals later on Sunday.

Amazingly and ridiculously, both starting pitchers went the distance during the marathon. Chukyo starting pitcher Taiga Matsui threw 709 pitches and allowed 26 hits over his 50 innings.

“This game was the physically hardest ever for me," Matsui said after the semifinal game. "But I showed my (fighting) spirit. As my teammates scored three runs (in the 50th inning), I was able to throw in a relaxed manner in the bottom of the inning. Ishioka was a good rival for me.”
His counterpart, Jukiya Ishioka of Sotoku, totaled 689 pitches and allowed 22 hits.

Ishioka said, “Though I was beaten in the end, it was a good experience for me to pitch until the last. I had fatigue not only today (Aug. 31) but also yesterday and the day before yesterday. But I asked our coach to use me as a starter today.”

Bill McNeal wrote:Jesus Montero is on a rehab assignment in single A, and was coaching 1B for some reason. A Mariners scout heckled him and then sent him an ice cream sandwich in the dugout (because Montero is fat). Then things got cray cray

The official said Montero — who arrived at Mariners Spring Training 40 pounds overweight this season — approached the stands with a bat while screaming profanities and threw the sandwich at the cross-checker. Montero had to be pulled back from the stands by Everett pitching coach Nasusel Cabrera, Safford said.

What the fuck was a scout for his own team doing heckling him and being an asshole for?

"Of course I wasn't,'' he said. "Why would I? I work for the Mariners. I've worked my ass off for the Mariners. Why would I do anything to hurt anybody? That wasn't even close to the intention.''

Baccala at first denied the ice cream sandwich story, then said he couldn't comment one way or the other. He suggested a reporter check whether they even sell ice cream sandwiches at Memorial Stadium in Boise, where the game was played.

Todd Rahr, president and general manager of the Boise Hawks, confirmed that ice cream sandwiches are indeed sold at the ballpark during games.