Nyjer Morgan... WTF are you thinking?

Nyjer Morgan: 6'0", 175lbs. Albert Pujols: 6'3", 230lbs. Really? That is like Mike Tyson fighting Little Mac.

As a Boston Red Sox fan,

the idea of rivalries obviously is not foreign to me (See: Pedro/Zimmer, Varitek/A-Rod), but I guess the idea of throwing chewing tobacco at a pitcher may be a bit of a line crosser in my book. For those not keeping score, the melee ensued on Wednesday night in the 9th inning of a Brewers/Cardinals game

in St. Louis. Apparently, Chris Carpenter shared some vulgar thoughts with Morgan after having struck him out. Though Carpenter vehemently denies having said anything (yeah, like Rafael Palmeiro didn't take steroids...) Morgan fired back his own creative phrases.

That's not all folks! On top of throwing his verbal cues at Carpenter, Morgan felt that his words needed more weight behind them. What better way than to throw your wad of chewing tobacco at the pitcher as your walking back to your bench?

Enter Albert Pujols, who observed this exchange from first. He ca

me running in to support his pitcher, but this aggressive move by Pujols prompted Morgan to turnabout and start towards him. Now, in a rivalry there is not much thought given behind stupid moves. What Morgan did was uncalled for, obviously. Pujols came to his teammates aid, like any player should. Though he managed to hold up and not go all Gaby Sanchez on Morgan, it was enough to clear the benches.

That infraction was bad enough one would assume. Until of course, the world of social media gets in the mix. Morgan, after the game logged on to his twitter account and posts the following:

Nothing like poking the tiger in the cage. Something tells me that the next time these two teams get together, Morgan is going to take a lot of high and inside pitches. Part of me absolutely loves this... if they were going to play each other in the playoffs. With the likelihood of St. Louis going home after 162 apparent (barring an epic collapse of either the Brewers or Braves) then this is only good fodder for a day or so.

I will say this: Seeing the Brewers emerge as a legitimate team over the past couple of seasons has been refreshing. I like having a new front runner in the NL Central. I'm sure the reaction would be the same if the Blue Jays won the AL East. This is a team that (other than 2008) has really not been relevant since the days of Robin Yount, Paul Molitor and dare say a young Gary Sheffield. With this rejuvenated team playing pretty damn good baseball, does Nyjer Morgan's antics take away from that?

If the resume keeps building, I fear it may.