Watch: Carlos Gomez Goes Nuclear on Dugout Water Cooler

The cooler is about the only thing he can make contact with. 
Watch: Carlos Gomez Goes Nuclear on Dugout Water Cooler
Watch: Carlos Gomez Goes Nuclear on Dugout Water Cooler /

Rays outfielder Carlos Gomez is having a hard time making contact this season—he has a .198 batting average—but not with the dugout water cooler. 

Marlins pitcher Jose Urena struck Gomez out in his first at-bat of Wednesday’s game and Gomez reacted by taking his frustrations out on the hydration vessels. He attacked the first cooler so aggressively that he knocked his batting helmet off. 

Yes, I said “first cooler” because he then went after another one on the dugout ledge. 

Geez, even Paul O’Neill never went that ballistic. 


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Dan Gartland
DAN GARTLAND

Dan Gartland is the writer and editor of Sports Illustrated’s flagship daily newsletter, SI:AM, covering everything an educated sports fan needs to know. He joined the SI staff in 2014, having previously been published on Deadspin and Slate. Gartland, a graduate of Fordham University, is a former Sports Jeopardy! champion (Season 1, Episode 5).