A red-hot slugger admiring a home run and a frustrated left-hander toiling for one of the worst teams in major league history intersected at Coors Field, resulting in a benches-clearing fracas.
And the craziest season in Rafael Devers' decorated career took yet another turn Tuesday, Sept. 2 when the San Francisco Giants faced the Colorado Rockies.
Devers hit his 30th home run of 2025 off Rockies lefty Kyle Freeland, the fourth 30-homer season of his career, but like everything else in Devers' world this year, it did not go to form. Freeland, who lugged a 5.28 ERA into his start against San Francisco, took offense to Devers' time getting to first base and stepped toward him on the base paths screaming in protest.
That prompted the Giants' bench to stream out to defend Devers, with third baseman Matt Chapman giving Freeland a shove back toward the mound, earning an ejection.
And it resulted in one of the longest trips around the bases in major league history, Devers completing the circuit only after order was restored and Freeland, Chapman and San Francisco's Willy Adames were ejected.
