It had been a little while since we'd seen the eccentric side of Nyjer Morgan — aka Tony Plush — but it was on display Wednesday afternoon in Cincinnati, as the Milwaukee Brewers outfielder tussled with a fan over a foul ball during his squad's 8-4 victory over the Reds.

The incident happened during the ninth inning as Morgan chased the ball ticketed for the first row of seats along the right-field line. As Morgan arrived at the padded wall, he reached over and made contact with a male Reds fans who was also trying to make a play on the ball. This led to the two men's arms becoming tangled and Morgan extending his glove hand to the fan's face to kind of shove him away.

Afterwards, Morgan seemed to have a few choice words for the fan until first base umpire Marty Foster intervened and ushered him back to his position.

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Now, here's how Morgan describes the incident:

"It's just one of those things where we were tangled up; I could have made a play on the ball," Morgan said. "I just gave him a little, 'Get off me,' because he was all on my arm and everything. Nothing major, but everybody might blow it up a little differently."

I think that's a pretty safe bet, Nyjer.

The list of candidates for baseball's play of the year grew by one on Saturday.

We take you to Marlins Ballpark in Miami, where the Toronto Blue Jays used a six-run ninth inning — highlighted by Edwin Encarnacion's two-run homer and Colby Rasmus' grand slam — to earn a 7-1 win over the Miami Marlins. But it could have been a lot worse, a lot sooner for the Marlins were it not for center fielder Justin Ruggiano, who sacrificed his body and laid out completely to rob Brett Lawrie of extra bases and a couple RBIs in the fifth inning.

Have a look at Ruggiano's highlight reel grab yourself:

Oh my goodness gracious.

Of all the dramatic things I've ever seen, Rogers Clemens is standing ... er, sitting in the Monster Seats at Fenway Park?

It's true. Just four days after being acquitted on three counts of making false statements, two counts of perjury and one count of obstruction, Roger Clemens was out and about in Boston on Friday night, taking in the Atlanta Braves 4-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox.

Clemens was seated somewhat comfortably in the front row of the Monster Seats, where Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe reports the former Red Sox great was flanked by a significant amount of security.

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Trout earns a Happy Meal: We're at the point now where we expect to write Mike Trout's name every single day, and yet it never feels like an old or worn out theme. The 20-year-old phenom was a key cog in the Angels attack on Friday night, homering and hustling as they rallied from a 5-0 deficit to defeat the freeway rival Dodgers, 8-5.

First came the homer — his seventh on the season — a solo shot that capped a three-run fourth inning rally and put the Angels ahead for good. Two innings later, the Angels were looking to tack on some insurance. Trout's incredible speed helped provide that as well, as he hustled around from first base on Torii Hunter's single.

And believe me, the veteran outfielder appreciated it.

''Trout is like my little brother. He's my best friend, so I'm really excited that he did that for me - giving me that extra RBI - and I'm going to take him to McDonald's,'' Hunter said.

It seems like every season there's a two or three-week stretch where broken bats and the dangers they create for players, umpires and fans, becomes the hot topic around baseball.

It looks like we're entering that stretch right now, because just two days after Chicago Cubs pitcher Casey Coleman was struck by a shattered projectile 60 feet from home plate, umpire Jerry Layne, who was behind the plate to begin Minnesota's 5-4 win in Cincinnati on Friday night, was struck in the jaw by the broken bat of Devin Mesoraco.

Amazingly, and thankfully, Layne was able to get to his feet and walk off the field under his own power. He was immediately taken to nearby Good Samaritan Hospital for X-rays and tests for a possible concussion. That's according to Major League Baseball's director of umpires Randy Marsh, who happened to be at the Great American Ball Park when the incident happened.

(AP)After visiting with several stumped doctors and specialists while searching for an answer to what's causing the persistent discomfort in his left groin, Troy Tulowitzki finally received a clear diagnosis on Wednesday.

The news was not exactly good, either, as he'll be forced to undergo surgery on Thursday for an injury you may have never heard of — an athletic pubalgia known as "hockey goalie/baseball pitcher syndrome."

We know what you're saying: What the heck is hockey goalie/baseball pitcher syndrome and how does it happen to an infielder?

Well, the injury can loosely be described as a sports hernia, but it is not technically classified as such. Our understanding is that it means Tulowitzki sustained a single tear or multiple tears in his groin at some point, which led to the muscle fibers folding inward and becoming entrapped as the torn layer heals.

Despite a rare win on Friday night that snapped their eight-game losing streak overall and a nine-game losing streak in interleague play, the Colorado Rockies continued their desperate search for rock bottom on Saturday afternoon in Detroit.

The expected news: Colorado lost again, 4-1.

The potential good news: It's possible they finally found rock bottom in the form of a Little League style series of errors that allowed Miguel Cabrera — yes, that Miguel Cabrera — to circle the bases on a simple one-hopper back to the pitcher.

I'm not kidding. This seriously happened.

Watch if for yourself:

The Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers flashed some serious lather in the Dodgers 7-6 win on Friday night. That included Dee Gordon's outstanding leaping grab and his diving backhand and throw later in the game.

But it was Gordon Beckham's use of his barehand, along with the "assistance" of teammate Paul Konerko, that produced the best of the bunch, and perhaps the play of the night in baseball.

Here's a look at the play that begins with a bunt attempt by the aforementioned Dee Gordon that he strikes just a bit too hard: