Angels and Braves benches clear, a breakdown
What Happened
This is Ronaldo Lopez and this is Jorge Solair and they are about to square up in the middle of the field and fight. But first, let's go back cuz there's a long history of Solair crushing Lopez.
Why This Matters
Jorge Solair has absolutely been living in Ronaldo Lopez's head, raking him for a .591 average with four homers, so when he goes deep AGAIN on a hanging pitch, things are about to get spicy between these two. This is the kind of personal beef that gets benches clearing.
Nearly 230K people tuned in to watch Solair humiliate Lopez, making this the 966th most popular Jomboy breakdown of all time.
Key Moments
Who / What Is Involved
Players: Ronaldo Lopez, Jorge Solair. Teams: Braves, Angels.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentThis is Ronaldo Lopez and this is Jorge
Solair and they are about to square up
in the middle of the field and fight.
But first, let's go back cuz there's a
long history of Solair crushing Lopez.
13 hits and 22 at bats, four home runs,
591 batting average, 625 on base, 1.2
slugging. That's That's a lot. And this
is the first at bat and the first pitch.
And guess what? It's another home run on
just a nothing pitch. Nothing offspeed
pitch in the middle of the zone. It just
kind of hung there and Solair was like,
"Thanks, dude, because I hit you really
well." It goes right into this fan's
glove. You're never going to guess how
many high fives he gets after catching
this ball. Pause. Guess.
Did you guess over or under? Eight.
Well, let's see. One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight, uh, nine.
Gentle little kid. And then Yes.
Yes.
Great. Oh, does this count? I don't know
if that's a high five, but we'll count
it. Anyway, let's see if there's any
animosity here. Any yelling, any
showboating, any emotions? I got the
solo shot on both guys and no nothing
that you would think would lead to them
throwing punches at each other later in
the game. Just so hitting another home
run off of Lopez and Lopez kind of
taking his licks and being like, "Okay,
that stunk. I should have seen that
coming." He sure did. And we move on to
the second at bat and there's two outs.
There's a runner in scoring position.
The first pitch is going to be a
breaking ball on the inside and then a
breaking ball on the outside and then a
fast ball up and in. Really perfect
pitch. Now they try to get him swinging
away and they try to go back up and in
and hit him. You can see by his
reaction. I don't think that's on
purpose. And so is like oh that hurts.
He's like
damn I had him two strikes. Runner in
scoring position and he had him two
strikes. I think he was trying to throw
that up and in fast ball again cuz
earlier in the at bat he hit the spot
perfectly. 96 on the corner after all
the slow stuff away. That's a good
sequence. He tried to go back to it
here, but it just ran on him and hit
Solair. I mean, I think he was trying to
do the the good one and not the bad one.
I don't think that was on purpose. But
if you're Solair, okay, I hit the crap
out of this guy and I just hit a home
run. He might not want to pitch to me
with first base open and he might just
hit me with this beautiful slow motion
right into the wrist. That's a dangerous
spot to get hit. Guys will break their
wrist. It got spun. He got spun. Manager
doesn't like it. Damn. Bummed out. His
wrist is hurting, but he's okay. Now, a
lot of people could say he hits home
runs off him. First base was open. You
just hit him. But he got him to two
strikes. I really think he was just
trying to make his pitch. Buckle up,
have some snacks, sniff a baseball
because the third at bat's coming up and
that's when things get good. Once again,
you've got a runner on base. Solair's
up. Lopez on the mound. The first pitch
is another fast ball that's way high.
Think he's trying to hit that same spot.
We've got a stolen base on the pass
ball. And Azie just isn't he funny. Look
at Alb's. He's like, "No, no, you're
out." Just joking, dog. And here's your
glove. It's a friendly game of baseball.
We're all pals and everyone gets along.
Meanwhile, Solair hasn't left the box.
And he's just staring at Lopez. just
staring him down like, "What's up, dude?
You good? Was that intentional? You
gonna hit me again? Don't like this?" He
says, "You okay? Wait, you okay? You
know, you all right?" And now I reached
out to my crack team of Spanish lipreers
and we cracked the code.
>> So, what that means is basically it was
on purpose. It was intentional. It was
an act of malice. But I think what's
happening here is that Lopez is saying
it almost as a rhetorical question. Like
what, dude? You think that was on
purpose? You think it was on purpose?
And what Solair hears is it was on
purpose. Because Solair says in his
postgame, he said, "I asked him if he
was okay and I did not like what he said
back to me, so I charged him." And what
Ronaldo Lopez said in his postgame was
it was a misunderstanding. I didn't mean
to hit him. So I think we got a case of
my cousin Vinnie. I shot the clerk going
on. Fue Malda Fo Malda. And then it's
on. So this is chapter one of the brawl
which we're calling punches thrown.
Right away it's on. And they square up.
Look at this. Like really squaring up.
Just eyeing each other, bouncing around.
He's got the ball in in one hand, the
glove in the other. We're going to get
one swing. Nothing to it. And then we
get the left and it clips the brim of
the hat to set up the right, but catcher
Jonahheim has that right hand blocked,
which stops the punch and kills the
momentum. And now Lopez has the free
shot with the ball in his hand. Comes
down on the helmet. Whoa. And then
connected again. So watch this. Ball in
hand. comes down side of the helmet.
Then his backhand swipe here, still with
the ball in his hand, knocks the helmet
straight off his head. See that?
Off of his head. And now he realizes, I
got to get rid of the glove. It's not as
helpful as this ball. Okay, second
chapter. Let's break it up. Umpire, he's
on his way and he decides, nah. And gets
out of here. Jonah comes in and he stops
one punch, but then eventually he's
like, nah, let's get out of here.
Shanuel and young thick Austin Riley are
in the mix. And then Austin Riley's on
the ground and then he's back up. We got
Watkins, the coach. Head on a swivel.
Just love him. Head on a swivel. Head on
a swivel. Who's coming? Who's going? I
got you. I got you. But the big hero
here is Walter Weiss, manager of the
Braves. Now he's going to run out and
he's going to ditch the hat cuz he knows
what's going on. I'm not going to get
the brim of this hat pushed into my
forehead. I just got to ditch this
thing. Let the hair flow in the breeze
and do what I do. Gets low, finds his
man, and brings him to the ground.
Unbelievable. Walt Weiss is somewhere
between 55 and 65 years old. I didn't
look it up. I could have. I'm going to
guess 58. And we'll put it on there. He
does taekwond do. He's a black belt. He
knows what's going on. He just finds his
guy. He ducks under his coach's arms.
You're not going to see me coming.
Soair. And then a form tackle straight
to the ground. And another coach lands
on top of Solair. So, he's just really
on the ground. Here's the behind the
scenes, the other angle of it. And we
got boom goes down. And then number 81,
that coach also gets on top. Just wild.
It's a perfect tackle. Now, they're
friends. And Solair was even like, I'm
not mad at him. He's been my coach. We
won a World Series together. He's just
trying to protect me. And yes, sometimes
that's how you got to protect people.
You got to take them down.
Let's go. Once again, here's another
angle of it. And here's a cartoon
drawing on a t-shirt. Wow. Now, let's go
to chapter 3, the aftermath. Right when
he goes to the ground, look at Lopez. He
kind of stops retreating and he's like,
"Oh, now I'm going to take my shot." And
then thinks a little better of it. And
PZA is like, "Hey, hey, hey. Saw you
thinking about that." Lopez didn't like
it. Did not like it. Trout comes in and
you're just reminded that Trout's big.
Like, he's a big dude. broad shoulders,
tall pulls him to the side. He's like,
"Chill out here. Stay here." He's still
got the ball in his hand, which I find I
don't know, just that's a firm grip.
That thing to still be in his hands that
entire time. So, he's on the sideline.
But chapter next chapter, the bullpens
come out and we got this guy and I think
we need to tell him, "You don't need to
charge, man. You're not needed here.
This is this is dangerous for you.
You're getting lapped by everyone. By
the time you get there, he's going to
turn like let's tell that guy he's good.
Next chapter, Weiss is still with
Solair. They're breaking it up. He's got
Braves all around him because he was on
the Braves. They're all friends. Look at
Azie behind him giving a little massage
like, "You're good, man. Why you so
upset? You okay? Did he hit you with
that ball? Hey, you're fine. Get out of
here. Nice home run." So, he leaves. So,
the two main people are on the sidelines
and no one else really got involved
besides manager Walt Dwice who like I
said is the hero. Now Lopez is on the
side and look at the girl behind him
eating her ice cream. Oh yeah, this is a
show. He gives his uh hand a little
suckle
because he's bleeding because he
actually missed when he swung at the
helmet and he's telling him he missed
him with the ball. Everyone thinks he
got him with the ball. missed him and he
hit the side of his thumb onto the the
ear flap, which is a bummer. See here,
the side of his hand actually clips the
side of the helmet. He didn't get him
square with the ball. Bam. And he kind
of cut himself on the hand. Still crazy.
The umpires get together and they're
like, "What do you guys think? Do you
think we should maybe eject the two guys
who fought and threw punches at each
other?" And they were like, "I think
so." Yeah. Both the pitcher and the
batter are being depicted for FIGHTING
AND BOTH CLUBS ARE NOW WARNED for the
rest of the game.
>> I think I agree with it. I think I agree
with it. But there's someone that
doesn't and his name is the hero Walt
Weiss. Vic. Vic. Why? Why? Why is Lopez
ejected? Who? Lopez. Uh pitcher. All
right. Well, what we do is we got to
look at where they are. So then if he's
on the mound, that matters. But he comes
off the mound, Walt. No, he backed up.
He backed up, Vic. Uh, no. No, Walt, if
you can say that. He completely backed
up. He didn't go toward him. Ah, no way.
What are you talking about?
Well, that's the end of that. New
pitcher has to come in and a new batter
has to come in and finish the at bat,
which is 1 and0. And then he swung at
that. And then he swung at that and then
he swung at that. I don't think he was
ready to come in the game. Pitcher seems
like he was warmed up. That's the end of
this saga. Thank you very much for
tuning in. As I recorded this, so Lair
hit a home run in the next game. As I
was editing it, they announced the
suspensions. Seven games each. Walter
Weiss awarded hero of the night award by
me. I made that up.