Rougned Odor has garnered a reputation amongst his peers as one of the more fiery, no-punches-pulled players in MLB today.
Jason Kipnis must have gotten that memo.
Following a hard Odor slide into second base during Tuesday night's Rangers-Indians match up, Indians' second baseman Kipnis seemed ready to square up against his Rangers counterpart. Then, he backed away slowly, clearly joking around with Odor. Laughs were had, no punches were thrown.
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All things considered, you can't really blame Kipnis for not wanting to become the next Jose Bautista.
Both the Rangers and the Indians had a good laugh about it, but the team from Texas laughed loudest as they took a 9-0 series opener victory.