Favorite Baseball Fights

Rod Allen when he was in Japan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CWE-8w79fU

 

Mariners and Angels after an umpire tackled Reggie Jackson.

 

Damn, I'd forgotten how good that one was. Let's go to the video...

http://deadspin.com/5611309/remembering-the-greatest-basebrawl-of-all-time

 

Yeah I can't think of one better than Braves-Padres.

Reds-Cardinals a couple years back, with Johnny Cueto launching a flying kick and Brandon Phillips calling the Cardinals "little bitches," was pretty good.

 

When one of the players winds up topless at the end of the fight, that's pretty tough to beat.

 

This was a classic. White Sox and Tigers in 2000. I was in the outfield bleachers and 10 seconds before the pitch that started the brawl I told my wife to pay attention because there was going to be a brawl soon. Then, bang, it was on:

 

This Blue Jays fan remembers George Bell charging the Red Sox' Bruce Kison in 1985 and getting him with a drop kick to the stomach.

 

Speaking of kicking, here's Pat Corrales and Dave Stewart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WtoZimFZH4

Also, I posted this on the Don Zimmer thread, but here's the Reds and Cubs from '84 that showed Mario Soto go loco: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAhzFOBKrE8

 

I remember watching that one live. I was too young to enjoy it (and Skip Caray's call), unfortunately.

 

Yes, Rambler, Tigers/White Sox at New Comiskey in 2000 was a classic - someone pours beer on a Detroit player and he revels in the attention.

My favorite classic fight didn't last long but in the 1977 ALCS - New York at Kansas City - Brett and Nettles got into it at third base. Still shocked no one was kicked out of the game.

 

Speaking of ... Popeye vs. Pedro has to be on the list.

 

Harry even managed to work a Marla Collins reference in. He was at the top of his game that day.