Houston Astros: Ken Giles suspended by MLB for fighting himself

Houston Astros pitcher Ken Giles was suspended by Major League Baseball for getting into a fight. With himself.

The Houston Astros had a rough go of it against the New York Yankees the past few days, especially after Tuesday night’s 4-0 loss in Houston. Justin Verlander threw an absolute gem, going 8 1/3 scoreless innings, matching the bullpen of the New York Yankees — after Jordan Montgomery was lifted due to soreness/tightness in his pitching elbow.

Then, insert Ken Giles, stage left. Not only was he lit up, allowing four runs without finishing the inning; but Ken Giles became his own worst enemy.

You have to see it, to believe it, in a bizarre moment even for baseball meltdowns.

You saw that correctly. Ken Giles gave himself a few jabs that even Evander Holyfield would be proud of, for sure. Good thing Ken Giles didn’t embrace his inner Mike Tyson, or he may have attempted to bite his own ear off. That would have been weird; and frankly kind of amazing.

Naturally, Social media had a bit of fun too, with these fantastic Ken Giles meltdown-Memes.

Ken Giles vs. Ken Giles now joins the elite group of MLB fights over the years.

If you casually tuned in to the game and saw the antics of Ken Giles without any context, you would think it’s a scene out of the 1990’s classic comedy Liar, Liar. 

What would have made the moment even grander if Ken Giles turned to the cameras and said:

“I’m kicking my (you know what). Do you mind?”

Adding insult to “injury,” Ken Giles was suspended by MLB for beating himself up. If Ken Giles knew that he was getting a three-game ban for only that, maybe he would have kicked it up a notch, making it worth it.

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A three-game break is maybe what Ken Giles needs, to cool himself off. Or, perhaps he needs to join Andy Bernard in eight weeks of anger management. Nevertheless, this was a great baseball moment — for all the wrong reasons.