Sean Rodriguez attacks Gatorade jug in Pirates dugout, becomes glorious meme
It was another frustrating one-and-done in the MLB postseason for the Pittsburgh Pirates, who were blanked by the Chicago Cubs in the NL wild-card game Wednesday night. The Pirates, the second best team in MLB this season, were sent home after one game in which they ran into the best pitcher in baseball in the second half.
The frustrations boiled over in the seventh inning, when Tony Watson plunked that Cubs pitcher, Jake Arrieta. Arrieta said something back and the benches cleared. Easily the angriest person on the field was Pirates utility man Sean Rodriguez, who had to be held back by three teammates. He was then ejected and took out his anger on a Gatorade jug in the dugout.
[Related: Cubs fans celebrate wild-card win at Wrigley Field]
Rodriguez said after the game that Cubs catcher David Ross choked him. By that time, though, he’d already turned into an Internet meme. The online jokesters had a field day with Rodriguez’s blow-up. Including yours truly, who mashed up the Rodriguez fight scene with LL Cool J’s “Mama Said Knock You Out.” (Pro tip: Turn the sound on).
You want more Sean Rodriguez memes? Of course you do.
There’s a Twitter account for the Gatorade jug now, which actually isn’t a surprise at all.
Ninety-eight wins this season and this is what we’ll probably remember best about the 2015 Pirates. A shame.
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