Ozzie Guillen Would Never Tell His Pitcher to Hit Somebody Unless He Told Him to

Sunday was a pretty frustrating day for the Chicago White Sox. Not only were they getting their butts kicked by the Kansas City Royals, and saying goodbye to their position atop the AL Central in the process, but there was also a bench-clearing incident in the fifth inning of the game.

With the Sox down 7-0, reliever D.J. Carrasco threw three straight pitches at Royals catcher Miguel Olivo's head. All three missed making any contact (because nobody in the White Sox bullpen should be expected to hit their target these days) but after the third one, Olivo took exception and charged the mound. The typical baseball fight ensued where there's a lot of pushing and shoving, but aside from Olivo's haymaker on A.J. Pierzynski (who was trying to play peacemaker), not much happened....

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