{"id":668330,"date":"2026-04-07T12:47:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/668330\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T12:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:47:14","slug":"braves-chris-sale-temporarily-lost-his-mind-during-frustrating-game-vs-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/668330\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves’ Chris Sale temporarily lost his mind during frustrating game vs. Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Braves’ Chris Sale temporarily lost his mind during frustrating game vs. Angels<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chris Sale is quite intimidating on the mound.<\/p>\n

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The Atlanta Braves<\/a>‘ left-hander has those long levers and a fierce scowl. The fact that he’s one of the best pitchers in MLB only adds to the imposing nature of his presence.<\/p>\n

On Monday night, though, Sale turned that energy inward.<\/p>\n

He wasn’t having his best game, and after walking the bases loaded against the Los Angeles Angels<\/a>, he expressed frustration toward himself.<\/p>\n

He did it in a way that felt as if he had temporarily lost control — he slammed the baseball into his own head.<\/p>\n

Here he is walking back to the mound and essentially punching himself with the ball:<\/p>\n

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The outing got a bit worse from here, too. Sale and the Braves went on to lose 6-2 as he was outdueled by Angels ace Jose Soriano.<\/p>\n

The baseball to the head probably didn’t have any major effect, but it did sort of sum up the night for Sale.<\/p>\n

He’ll have better performances ahead. In this one, things got so frustrating that he took out the pain on himself.<\/p>\n

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