Email a copy of 'Billy Butler Injured In Clubhouse Altercation With Danny Valencia' to a friend
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Email a copy of 'Billy Butler Injured In Clubhouse Altercation With Danny Valencia' to a friend
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RiverCatsFilms
Holy crap
DFADFA
LOL I knew something like this could happen
A'sfaninUK
Sounds like an overreaction, these guys are friends who horse around a lot and always loudly talk to each other on the field. They were probably wrestling or something and Butler hit his head on accident.
Oakland’s clubhouse does have a reputation for being very loose though, too loose in this case.
Cam
A guy with a history of toxic clubhouse behaviour, reports that Butler was injured in the altercation, and no one within the clubhouse willing to go on record to discuss what happened…shouldn’t give anyone much confidence that this was two guys having fun.
You’d make a good political PR person, at least.
largeunit
You’re really going to sit there and act as if you know the ins and outs of the A’s clubhouse?
And “on accident”…really dude? smh
keegab2003
Company pays you to wear their equipment.if you dont ,they may pull your contract and there goes a lot of money…and shoes. You still think they were messing around?
chevyheston
Didn’t Valencia also get into an “altercation ” with Lawrie?
BoldyMinnesota
Wow I’m guessing this has something to do with his dfa last year. Someone said he was a clubhouse problem but I never heard anything. To bad, he was one of my favourite players
Vedder80
How is someone who has only appeared in over 100 games twice and only once since 2011, in which he was only in 105, in his career one of your favorite players?
myaccount
Why do you care?
Vedder80
Can’t figure out how it is possible absent a familial relationship.
BoldyMinnesota
He raked in Toronto, liked him before that, and seemed like a good guy on Twitter
Fenway North
There must be some footage of this somewhere …too soon?
trolofson
Lol nice
SmittyFubar
Check out @DSzymborski’s Tweet: twitter.com/DSzymborski/status/767809110746292225?…
SmittyFubar
twitter.com/DSzymborski/status/767809110746292225?…
notagain27
This is the exact reason why he is still with the A’s. His selfishness is known throughout the league. Someone will probably take a chance on him because he definitely has ability but he comes with documented clubhouse chemistry risks.
julyn82001
Great players just not the best season overall…
Phillies2017
If the A’s non-tender Valencia in December, that may well be the dumbest move they could make. I personally don’t understand why they brought Healy up before trading Valencia because that killed Valencia’s value. What difference does 2-3 months make when you aren’t competing. 2-3 extra months in AAA is not going to kill a player.
Poorly handled situation
Brixton
Valencia is as bad as Papelbon in terms of club house presence. No one really likes the guy
davidcoonce74
I haven’t read much nice things about Billy Butler in the clubhouse either. He is apparently kind of a hothead. At least Valencia is a good player.
Cam
You’re assuming a team wanted to trade for Valencia. It’s highly probable that no one wanted to take him – considering even before this incident, he was widely known to be a clubhouse cancer.
arc89
A’s tried to trade Valencia before bringing up Healy but got no offers. Even with teams that need a 3b the A’s got the cold shoulder. Healy was more than ready to come up and his defense is much better than Valencia’s.
rycm131
I agree 100% but the A’s weren’t playing Valencia full time even before Healy was there, which is odd because he’s arguably their best hitter and given the A’s are terrible they maybe could of moves him to get back Adam Rosalez (it’s been a while since we trotted that clown out onto the field)
JCjet
it’s billy butler..
jd396
For what it’s worth, Valencia’s bad rep started in the low minors with Twins and never went away. Really arrogant and bigger than the game seemingly from day one.
TheMichigan
I think he may be pissed because he puts up decent numbers and even those numbers warrant playing time, he doesn’t get it for some reason.
Monkey’s Uncle
When I had read reports saying that Butler was a better contact hitter this season, this is not what I thought those reports meant.
winston2b
Did somebody really post great players?
Ray Ray
Honestly, if one of my teammates ratted on me about my equipment, I think I would be pretty upset too. I’m not necessarily defending what Valencia did, but I can understand it. You shouldn’t run your mouth about something that isn’t even your business.
tylerall5
Especially when it’s cleats, who cares what kind of shoes the guy wears.
DodePaskert
The manufacturer’s rep does.
triberulz
The game in which Billy Butler hit the HR off Tomlin & did his ‘Walk” around the bases Indians play-by-play announcer Tom Hamilton said that’s why the Royals don’t miss him.. Hamilton also made a comment when Butler was batting later on that he had a “big ego” that irritated the Royals players/front office. I personally think Valencia has a bad reputation because Minnesota really has unrealistic high standards for their players (thus always giving up too soon on their players). Valencia got stuck in Boston/K.C./Baltimore/Toronto with no opportunity to play & on the bench. I think Valencia could of been a great player if Minnesota showed patience & let him mature.
Asfan27
Butler acted like that because Gimenez was saying things to him while he was batting. So Butler tried to show him up with his slow home run trot.
Why would Valencia have to lie about his cleats?
ray_derek
Most seem to be quickly blaming Valencia it appears, they must not realize how much of a tool Butler is.
A'sfaninUK
Ding ding ding
A’s need to DFA them both and move on.
thediesel4
Just from looks alone, Butler looks like a complete jackass and d-bag.
stephaniebpetagno
Whichever party was to blame doesn’t really matter. Either one person rattled on another for not wearing the right cleats, or the other guy got upset by somebody rattling on him for not wearing the right cleats. That might be the lamest clubhouse bust up of all time.
mjmoran85
Snitches get stitches
hojostache
A popular catchphrase and clothing line in B’more….(not kidding).
A'sfaninUK
As if the A’s nightmare with Butler is bad enough (overpaid and underperforming to the point where he’s a platoon DH), but now the stories about what a jerk he is are starting to flow….great work Beane, you almost had Nelson Cruz but instead sunk your team by hiring this clown.
jmgara
If someone cost me endorsement money by snitching to the cleats manufacturer, I’d want to pop him too.
stymeedone
If I was being paid to endorse a shoe, I’d wear the shoe, then nobody would be able to snitch.
jd396
This is one of these things where they’re equally wrong. Doesn’t matter what the details are. It’s like working with third graders dealing with some of these d-bags.
Josh Hambilly
So MLB players fighting over a 10-20k endorsement deal? Should be chump change to them.
soxfan1
Check out Valencia’s salary. Considering Butleris quite overpaid, maybe he should back off?