Crazy scenes as baseball star tries to fight entire opposition team

If Reds fans didn’t love Yasiel Puig already, Sunday’s game in Pittsburgh probably won them over.

In a fracas that began with Derek Dietrich admiring his mammoth second inning home run, and continued with Chris Archer throwing behind him in his next at-bat, it was Puig who became a star in Cincinnati by rushing out of the dugout and attempting to fight all of Pittsburgh by himself.

Just look at the ridiculous image the bench-clearing dust-up gave us:

Reds manager David Bell, Puig, Amir Garrett, Keone Kela and Felipe Vázquez were all ejected when the dust cleared.

Only Puig could top a moment like the one Dietrich had when he sent a home run soaring into the Allegheny River.

It wasn’t enough that Dietrich completely demolished this baseball, but he may have broken Archer’s spirit by standing in the batters box and taking a nice long look at where it landed.

That completely shattered one of baseball’s many ‘unwritten rules’ that you don’t show up a pitcher by admiring such a no-doubt home run.

This is where things should’ve ended, but this is baseball, and things that happen in April don’t just die down.

The back-and-forth continued on. First, with Dietrich launching his second home run of the day into the Allegheny, then with the Pirates Twitter account sending out some shade after Pittsburgh’s 7-5 victory.

The Pirates visit Cincinnati next on May 27 for a four-game series.

You’ll want to strap in for that one.

Blake Schuster – Yahoo Sports