Wake Up With Rob Dibble Acting Like A Baby And Pegging A Cubs Runner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKc_q30h8Kw
Rob Dibble, known hot head, pulls such a minor league stunt here, kind of surprised he didn't get a knuckle sandwich after this one. He's on the mound with the Reds down 6-4 to the Cubs. Chicago has a guy on third with Doug Dascenzo at the plate. Dascenzo does the smart baseball play and decided to try and bunt in the run. Right away you can tell the bunt is a good one, and Dibble won't be able to field it in time to get the runner at home. Dibble starts to throw a pissy fit almost immediately. He knows he can't go home so he picks up the ball, takes a few steps, and then fires the LIVE ball right at Dascenzo.
The ball ends up hitting him somewhere near the calf, and rolls away. Dascenzo ends up at second, while Dibble is just standing there pouting. You can hear the announcers say that this is literally his first game back from a previous suspension, so why the hell would he pull this? Because a run scored? What a clown. I kind of wish Dibble had missed and he threw the ball out into the outfield where it just rolled and rolled.
You noticed how none of his teammates tried to argue after he was tossed by Cowboy Joe West either. Even his manager, Lou Pinella wondered out there, heard what the umps had to say and went back to his dugout. You can't really stand up or make excuses for that kind of act by Dibble. Kind of just have to say "yeah, he's a dickhead so this isn't surprising." and move on.
Imagine anyone in todays game getting THAT mad because someone bunted on them. Apparently in a later interview, Dibble admitted that he did it on purpose and said he was mad because the Cubs were rubbing their noses in it, what a clown.