The St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets gave us the first brouhaha of the 2022 MLB season on Wednesday when a slightly high-and-tight pitch to Nolan Arenado led to benches clearing at Busch Stadium.
The Mets were frustrated about repeatedly getting hit by the pitch in the series, and the Cardinals were probably a bit too sensitive about a pitch that really wasn’t that close to hitting Arenado. Yet, amid all the shouting at home plate, there was some actual contact between the two teams.
It just didn’t go how anyone would have expected.
