Dick Of The Year Nomination: Jose Tabata Cheated Max Scherzer Out Of A Perfect Game
Max Scherzer is good at baseball. This past offseason he was finally able to escape the ramshackle city of Detroit and mosied his way into the nation’s capital with the help of a nice $210 million deal. Since that move, the man has done nothing but decimate opposing lineups, earning him a sexy 1.76 ERA this season.
He was nearing a perfect game this past weekend, just one game removed from his one-hit performance earlier in the week. Jose Tabata, the Pirates’ pinch-hitter, stepped into the batter’s box. Scherzer was possibly just one pitch away from securing his name into the baseball history books. Tabata worked the count to an even 2-2, then pulled what I consider to be a golden contender for Dick Move of the Year.
Watch that one closely. Tabata drops his fucking elbow into the pitch. The asshole didn’t have the decency to simply make a legitimate and legal effort to get on base. Instead, he chose the bottom-tier route. He cut a corner and found himself standing on first base. He got what he wanted, and pissed off an entire city in the process.
The man went 26 outs without allowing a man on base, only to lose it to a chach wearing protective gear.
It takes a truly despicable person to lean into a pitch with his elbow pad during a perfect game.
— Luke Russert (@LukeRussert) June 20, 2015
Fucking right, Luke.
If I’m Tabata, I’m batting in riot gear every time I step foot in D.C..
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Tell him to go back and pull that shit in his own country. An other American would have respected Scherzers effort and given him the perfect game.
10 years ago at 9:46 amNo they wouldn’t have just “given” it to him, precisely because a real American respects hard work and believes accomplishments should be earned. They wouldn’t have done the chicken shit elbow dive, but they would have swung fair and square.
10 years ago at 9:52 amFair enough
10 years ago at 9:53 amDeport÷Deport! #AMERICA #FUCKYEAH #FREEDOM
10 years ago at 9:55 amMaybe you should sit this one out.
10 years ago at 10:02 amIs this not safe for work because it says dick? Grow the fuck up TFM
10 years ago at 9:46 amThe only reason this is NSFW is because it has “dick” in the title of the article. Which isn’t censored! TFM editors are fucktards. Bring back the forums.
10 years ago at 10:46 amYou’re a fucktard.
10 years ago at 1:50 pmIs IBOTD not a thing any more? I’d rather you guys tell us than to leave us waiting for it you inconsiderate possum fuckers.
10 years ago at 9:49 amI recognize that the batter pulled a bush league move, but for some reason I can’t help but laugh at this. Maybe it’s just the sheer, unapologetic dickery on his part, I honestly don’t know.
10 years ago at 9:51 amIt’s probably from watching all of those douchebag DC folks get butthurt. It’ll be even better when Harper ditches them for NY or LA
10 years ago at 9:57 amYea man, totally.
10 years ago at 10:30 amIf he throws the ball at you, you wear it. Period. But to lean into one in that situation. Have some respect for the game, Jose.
10 years ago at 10:34 amSeeing as the Lerner’s have “fuck you money” when compared to the Steinbrenners- it won’t be that easy.
10 years ago at 6:36 pmUnless the umpire was Stevie Wonder, there’s no reason to not see that.
10 years ago at 9:52 amGet out of here. We were told to turn and flex at any pitch that could hit us (especially a breaking ball because you can easily argue you didn’t know where it would end up). Cal-St Fullerton and a bunch of the Pac-12 and Big West programs teach this and it works.
It wasn’t a fast ball, but a breaking ball. You’re going to try to get on base however you can. Doesn’t matter if you’re down by 1 or 10. Add in the fact that they were about to get perfect gamed…I’m sure the guys in the clubhouse appreciated it.
10 years ago at 10:24 amPretty much this, also Tabata is a fringe player who is going to do whatever he can to get on base. The perfect game means dick, you play to win the game.
10 years ago at 10:32 amI blame the ump. He should have brought him back to the plate.
10 years ago at 9:54 amIf a player leans into a pitch to get hit and the ump calls it, then it’s a strike against the batter. There were 2 strikes and 2 outs against Jose. Talk about the most unexpected way to complete a perfect game
10 years ago at 2:40 pmFuck everything about this guy
10 years ago at 9:56 amNot trying to defend Tabata, but the pitch was an inside curveball (max probably missed his spot by a couple inches) and I think Tabata was going with the pitch. Now do I think he leaned into it? Yes, but I think him recognizing the curveball and going with the pitch also had something to do with it.
10 years ago at 11:26 amIf we’re going to continue nominations for Dick of the Year, I’d like to leave open it to TFM users. My picks:
1. Hogarth Huges. Most annoying without being an overt troll, has yet to be balled.
10 years ago at 11:31 am2. RedPill. Best insults to Grandex staff, said fuck you and began workng on his own forums.
3. Shut_Up_Meg
4. Rad Fem… STILL no blackball
10 years ago at 8:34 am5. Christ Omega in his many iterations… finally balled
Leaned into it with an elbow pad on.. What a pussy.
10 years ago at 11:34 am