Video: 17 ejected, pitcher booked for felony assault after minor league brawl
posted at 1:46 pm on July 25, 2008 by Allahpundit
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No sound, but none needed. The felony’s actually caught here on tape: Watch as number 32 enters stage right and wings a ball with all his might at the opposing team’s dugout. He’s not a control pitcher, I’m guessing, because it ended up missing the dugout entirely and hitting a fan, sending him to the hospital. They say everything’s purer about the minor-league game, and after this, I think I agree. Those bench-clearing brawls in the bigs are almost always pro forma and listless, but these kids? Pure passion. Exit quotation: “This is the most insane baseball game I’ve ever been to.” Click the image to watch.
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Kinda how things will look in November if the Messiah does not ascend to the throne.
RobertInAustin on July 25, 2008 at 1:55 PM
How refreshing, and a real palate cleanser after that disgraceful exhibition of ineptness by the WNBA. The Boys of Summer.
a capella on July 25, 2008 at 1:57 PM
stupoid is what stupid does. That kid is going to wind up with a felony for being stupid.
saiga on July 25, 2008 at 1:59 PM
Those bastard Peoria Chiefs – everyone knows they’re just buying a championship anyways…
But still, my Dad always said “don’t play angry…”
juanito on July 25, 2008 at 2:00 PM
They say everything’s purer about the minor-league game, and after this, I think I agree. The purest baseball still belongs to the 12-13 yr olds in the Little League World Series
multiuseless on July 25, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Or in Denver if Hillary pulls something out of her sleeve.
Bigfoot on July 25, 2008 at 2:01 PM
Nothing says the Birthplace of Aviation like a Dragon.
- The Cat
MirCat on July 25, 2008 at 2:01 PM
Last year I went to a game where they presented Nick Swisher with some humanitarian award before the game, and a few innings into it he charged the mound, after getting beaned thrice, and started a big brawl. I’d say it was ironic, but there’s no irony in baseball.
Bad Penny on July 25, 2008 at 2:01 PM
At this point, I am praying she does.
RobertInAustin on July 25, 2008 at 2:02 PM
Feh. We do this stuff in my beer league on a daily basis. It’s why all our umps are cops.
TC@LeatherPenguin on July 25, 2008 at 2:04 PM
someone show this to the wnba. this is how it’s done.
lorien1973 on July 25, 2008 at 2:05 PM
Hmm, I don’t recall any bench clearing brawls in recent years, so I think that remains to be seen.
Vizzini on July 25, 2008 at 2:05 PM
Look! It’s Enrico Palazzo!
Damian P. on July 25, 2008 at 2:05 PM
We should just invent a sport where a bunch of people fight each other at once. Like Team Boxing.
Dr. Manhattan on July 25, 2008 at 2:07 PM
Heh. The sad thing is that it would be really easy to find people willing to do it.
Bad Penny on July 25, 2008 at 2:08 PM
Wellllll……as I am currently living in Dayton and enjoy going to Dragon’s games, this is all part of baseball. Brush back pitches, balls thrown at the head in retaliation…it has always been part of the game. The bad part is the pitcher from Peoria throwing a ball towards the Dragon’s dugout and missing to the point that it hits a fan in the face. The person was treated and released and the pitcher is still sitting in the Montgomery County jail on felonious assault.
ChefJeff on July 25, 2008 at 2:24 PM
The real tragedy is, none of this will help Michelle O.’s children.
Lee on July 25, 2008 at 2:28 PM
There already is team boxing on the VS channel.
lorien1973 on July 25, 2008 at 2:32 PM
He’ll probably be sitting out the rest of the season anyway and probably be looking for a job in the next, but him still sitting in jail is better new as far as I’m concerned.
Dusty on July 25, 2008 at 2:35 PM
You are a bad, bad penny ;)
fluffy on July 25, 2008 at 2:40 PM
A disgusting spectacle.
becki51758 on July 25, 2008 at 2:41 PM
BS.. thats a scare tactic.
Chakra Hammer on July 25, 2008 at 2:49 PM
The pitcher couldn’t even hit the opposing team’s dugout. The fan that was hit by the pitch and sent to the hospital should never have to work a day for the rest of his life.
volsense on July 25, 2008 at 3:19 PM
No, that’s called an honest opinion.
I work the streets, I hear the talk. May be just talk, but talk none the less.
Hell, there are even libs talking re-create 68 if Hillary doesn’t get it. Imagine that, a bunch of lib Communists/Marxist/Socialists threatening violence if things don’t go their way.
If we have a riot in America if Obama doesn’t get electe then we will be just like France, except without the nuclear power.
RobertInAustin on July 25, 2008 at 3:24 PM
They call it hockey. :)
Rogue Traveler on July 25, 2008 at 4:17 PM
I’d love to see it, but I can never get Yahoo to quit playing that damn commercial over and over and over again.
Tim Burton on July 25, 2008 at 4:21 PM
I went to a minor league baseball game, and a hockey game broke out.
andycanuck on July 25, 2008 at 4:26 PM
What is there to get so excited about? Just a bunch of primma donnas in funny clothes trying to hit a ball with a stick.
jgapinoy on July 25, 2008 at 4:34 PM
Nothing quite so funny as baseball players pretending to fight.
Jim708 on July 25, 2008 at 4:41 PM
And andycanuck, for shame! None of those twits would last 10 seconds in a good hockey fight!
Jim708 on July 25, 2008 at 4:51 PM
Actually, the purest baseball is to be found in a neighborhood sandlot without adult supervision and off-camera.
Connie on July 25, 2008 at 6:11 PM
How old are those managers who are arguing at the start of this?
asc85 on July 25, 2008 at 7:02 PM
It is one thing to get into a fight and quite another thing to throw a baseball at someone.
Johan Klaus on July 25, 2008 at 7:15 PM
Oh God please not the Camden River Sharks. Thank God it wasn’t them. Hey I want to help out my old Little League alma matre please link to http://www.chll.com and help a brother out. Coach Neco is a miracle worker and needs our help. Thef guy is a former Marine and has single handedly built a little league organization with no help from the city of Camden NJ. Just go to the site and see for yourself.
sonnyspats1 on July 25, 2008 at 8:43 PM
Make that http://www.cramerhilllittleleague.com
sonnyspats1 on July 25, 2008 at 8:52 PM
The manager of the Chiefs is my baseball hero, Ryne Sandberg. According to the article, he wasn’t at the game. Maybe he left early for the Hall of Fame weekend. I’d like to think that if he was there, the awesomeness of his presence would have quelled the hostilites.
Mallard T. Drake on July 26, 2008 at 1:23 AM
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