It wasn't the posing, it was everything that followed it. If we're following the Unwritten Rules of Baseball©, then shouldn't Gomez have just been plunked during his next PA? The whole blocking the plate thing was a really stupid tough guy act. Yeah it was, but in this case it was the less ridiculous display, by far. I have no love for the "unwritten rules", but I'm not sure there is precedent for the crazy-eyed lunacy that Gomez was perpetrating. If McCann had walked down the third base line and punched him in the mouth, I probably would still have thought he was being less of a douche than Gomez was. I'm fine with a little staredown and watching your shot for a couple seconds, but Gomez did around the bases was on a whole other level, maybe a couple levels. It was bizarre, and all because he had been hit in the leg a couple months ago. Yeah, I'm wondering if there was more to it or if he's just nuts. I don't think I've seen anyone sustain that crazy of a look for that long since Artest.