--- description: An epic brawl broke out between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Texas Rangers after the Rangers' Rougned Odor punched Toronto's Jose Bautista. title: The Toronto Blue Jays and Texas Rangers Had an Epic Brawl image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Blue Jays and Rangers Baseball Players Had an Epic Brawl and the Internet Lost Its Mind  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 16, 2016 4:53 PM CUT  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 16, 2016 4:53 PM CUT What happens when two grown men throw punches during a baseball game? The Internet reacts accordingly, of course. In an epic fistfight not soon to be forgotten, Texas Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor punched Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista and all hell broke loose on both the baseball field and the web. Of course, memes were inevitable — and the online responses definitely didn’t disappoint. See the best of the Internet’s freakout over Jose Bautista getting punched below. Bautista’s teammate Marcus Stroman aired his grievances on Twitter. > [](https://twitter.com/MStrooo6/status/731973661633220608) While Dodgers pitcher Brett Anderson put in his two cents in 140 characters or less as well. > [](https://twitter.com/BrettAnderson35/status/731971209693413376) Perhaps it was inevitable that Bautista would get Crying Jordan. > [](https://twitter.com/cryingjordan%5F23/status/732009986566569984) He also got the Krusty Krab treatment. > [](https://twitter.com/DA%5FPOLO%5FKING/status/731980005228433410) Some started using the punch as a punchline. > [](https://twitter.com/SheaSerrano/status/732031607398268931) Odor’s punch was made for Vine, as this Jim Ross-flavored clip shows. Others took to Wikipedia to share their thoughts. > [](https://twitter.com/rwesthead/status/731988217524826112) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4337069/blue-jays-rangers-jose-bautista-punch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4337069/blue-jays-rangers-jose-bautista-punch/"},"headline":"The Blue Jays and Rangers Baseball Players Had an Epic Brawl and the Internet Lost Its Mind","datePublished":"2016-05-16T16:53:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:26.603Z","description":"Cue the memes","url":"https://time.com/4337069/blue-jays-rangers-jose-bautista-punch/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4337069/blue-jays-rangers-jose-bautista-punch/","name":"The Blue Jays and Rangers Baseball Players Had an Epic Brawl and the Internet Lost Its Mind"}}]}] ```