Is Mota Criminally Insane?
Considering the prior altercations with Piazza, the only conclusion I can draw from Mota’s actions is that Guillermo is out of his mind. Mota obviously has no regard for his personal safety as Piazza made him look like a child when attacking him out by the bullpen, and then completely embarrassing Mota with the mound-charging fiasco. Then, he goes after the enormous Prince Fielder! That’s like having a death wish. Fortunately for Mota, Prince is mild mannered enough that it took him a solid 15 minutes of deliberation following the game before making a rhino-like charge to the home team’s clubhouse. If he had charged the mound, I’m not so sure that James Loney and Russell Martin would have been able to diffuse the pounding as effectively as Jordan and Beltre were with Piazza. Now, Mota was defending a teammate, so maybe that excuses his death wish of drilling Fielder in the thigh, but hit Ryan Bruan instead. Bruan would have been much less likely to furiously seek a pitcher out after th
