October 6, 200322 yr ESPN.com news services Oakland Athletics ace Tim Hudson was allegedly involved in an altercation at a Boston nightspot two nights before Sunday's playoff start against the Red Sox, a game he left after one inning due to a muscle injury. Hudson Both the San Francisco Chronicle and WBZ-TV in Boston reported Monday that the incident night have contributed to the injury that forced Hudson out of Game 4 of the AL Division Series, which the A's lost 5-4. The decisive Game 5 is Monday night in Oakland. Hudson, who was pitching on three days' rest and has battled a hip problem in the past, suffered what the team called a strain in his left oblique muscle. It was unclear whether he would pitch if the A's advance to the AL Championship Series. Hudson was scheduled to undergo an MRI exam Monday in Oakland. ESPN has learned that Hudson and teammate Barry Zito visited two Boston bars Friday night, ending up at Q, a Faneuil Hall-area bar/dance club. Hudson, who witnesses said had been drinking, went out on the dance floor by himself after Zito retired to another area of the club. A disagreement ensued between Hudson and a patron, sources told ESPN. Hudson allegedly punched the man several times and was wildly swinging at the people around him. It took a number of bouncers from the Q to restrain Hudson and remove him from the club, sources told ESPN. The police were not called during or after the incident. Zito and the manager of the nightclub deny the story. A Q security guard, who spoke to the Chronicle on the condition his name not be used, called the incident "a big melee" and said Hudson "was throwing haymakers." "It was five minutes of mayhem," the security guard said. The manager of Q, however, denied that an altercation had taken place. "Time and Barry were both here," Noel Gentelles told the Chronicle, "and they couldn't have been nicer. Barry even played with the band. There was no altercation."
October 6, 200322 yr Maybe Hudson just dances funny and it looks like he's throwing haymakers. Kinda like Elaine on Seinfeld.
October 7, 200322 yr Gammons says on PTI that it probably didn't happen. Kevin Kennedy and the bar owner said the same thing.
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