Reds Pirates Fight Each Other Yasiel Puig Gets Traded

The Reds and Pirates are like Republicans and Democrats.  They do not like each other at all.

On Tuesday night Keone Kela threw up and in over the head to Derek Dietrich, who made the unpardonable sin of admiring his home run on April 7 in Pittsburgh off Chris Archer.

When Dietrich batted the second time in that game Archer threw behind Dietrich. Yasiel Puig charged the entire Pirate team.  Amir Garrett and David Bell were also ejected.

It was another chapter in a contest of who could hit the most batters on the other team.

Last night the powder keg exploded.  After Kela's message pitch to Dietrich, Votto approached the Pirates' dugout and told them that throwing at a player's head would not be tolerated.

In the ninth inning mild mannered Jared Hughes hit Sarling Marte in the hip.  By this time Bell had been tossed trying to protect Puig from an ejection for arguing balls and strikes.  Warning had been given to both benches.  Hughes was tossed for the first time in his career, as was acting manager Fred Benevides.  This brought Jeff Pickler to manage the club.

Amir Garrett replaced Hughes and allowed a three-run home run to Jose Osuna.  Pickler was going to use Jose Peraza to get the final out.   Garrett had been listening to the Pirates bench and has enough.  He threw down his glove and charged Trevor Williams who was ejected for his outspokenness.  Garrett ended up in a pile of Pirates.

"Emotions got the best of me," Garrett said.  "What seamed like a good idea at the time, wasn't such a good idea,"

Bell came sprinting out of the clubhouse and went right after Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle.  Calling him "a piece of shit,"

When asked if he planned to talk to Hurdle this morning.  "I said what I had to say loudly," Bell said.

Bell ended up on the ground wrestled by hitting coach Rick Eckstein and put into a choke hold.  Hurdle also ended up on the ground, the victim of a push.

Amid all the chaos the Reds were trading Puig to Cleveland for Trevor Bauer.  The Reds sent prospect Taylor Trammel to San Diego as the Padres sent three prospects to Cleveland.

Puig's last act as a Red was the fight.

"We are going to miss Yasiel," Bell said.  "He was an important part of our team in many ways."