Former Met Pulls a Marichal

Jose Offerman is playing this season for the Long Island Ducks of the Independent Atlantic League. He homered in the first inning of a game against the Bridgeport Bluefish on August 14th, then the next time up was hit by a pitch. He charged the mound to go after pitcher Matt Beech with the bat in his hand. Catcher John Nathans came out to grab Offerman but Offerman gave a swing which broke Beech's finger, and hit Nathans in the head on the backswing.
Nathans was concussed and taken to the hospital.
Offerman was arrested and taken to jail.






This reminds almost everyone of the time when Juan Marichal cracked Johnny Roseboro on the head with a bat during a brawl between the Dodgers and Giants in 1965. Marichal only got 8 games for that. He'd get a full season if he were to do that in the majors today.



A few side notes:
Tommy John is the manager of the Bridgeport Bluefish.
Other players on the Ducks include former Mets Edgardo Alfonzo, Danny Graves, Carl Everett and Ed Yarnall (never played for the Mets but was a Mets farmhand who was traded with Preston Wilson to Florida for Mike Piazza in 1997). I'm sure Carl Everett was a calming influence during this fight.
Buddy Harrelson is the 3rd base coach for the Ducks.