Ah, the joys of Youtube. Sometimes you will get to see a classic video clip of something you have never seen before, or it may be something that you have not seen in years. Well, this highlight certainly falls into the former for me, as somehow this has evaded the countless amount of "blow up" lists that you will usually see on sports networks all across the country.
The video here is from 1991, and it features the Chicago White Sox taking on the reigning three-time American League champion Oakland Athletics at Comiskey Park. A's catcher Terry Steinbach is unfortunately hit in the head by an errant pitch from Bobby Thigpen, and some of the A's players took exception to the beaning. A skirmish between the two teams was ignited, and at one point you can see 43-year-old Sox catcher Carlton Fisk and 46-year-old A's manager Tony La Russa exchange words in the heat of the battle.
However, that was not the end of it, at least for La Russa. Tony took exception to some of the questions being asked to him by a reporter, and one of the more underrated post-game blowups in sports would follow (Language alert: Some of the things said here are not safe for work):
While the A's still won the game, the 1991 season would not be kind to La Russa's bunch, as the A's finished fourth in the A.L. West with an 84-78 record, 11 games behind the eventual World Champion Minnesota Twins. The White Sox would only finish three games better than Oakland in the West that year, finishing at 87-75.
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