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A bench-clearing brawl, sometimes known as a basebrawl or a rhubarb, is a form of ritualistic fighting that occurs in sports, most notably baseball and ice hockey, in which every player on both teams leave their dugouts, bullpens, or benches and charge the playing area in order to fight one another or try to break up a fight.
In baseball, brawls are usually the result of escalating infractions, often stemming from a player being hit by a pitch, or an altercation between a baserunner and infielder stemming from excessive contact in an attempted tag out (such as a runner crashing into the catcher at home plate in an attempt to dislodge the ball, which is an offensive interference violation that may result in ejection). They are also known to occur when a batter charges the mound. However, few bench-clearing brawls result in serious injury, as in most cases, no punches are thrown, and the action is limited to pushing and shoving.
Unlike most other team sports, in which teams usually have an equivalent number of players on the field at any given time, in baseball the hitting team is at a numerical disadvantage, with a maximum of five players (batter, up to three runners, and on-deck batter) and two base coaches on the field at any time, compared to the fielding team's nine players. For this reason, leaving the dugout to join a fight is generally considered acceptable in that it results in numerical equivalence on the field, a fairer fight, and a generally neutral outcome, as in most cases, managers and/or umpires will intervene to restore order and resume the game. In at least one case, the Ten Cent Beer Night, one team left its dugout to defend the other from fans who invaded the field.
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A compilation of the best baseball brawls I do not own this video.
At the zoo, the animals have all gone to play baseball. Animals fill the stands as they watch the antics that can only come about from exotic animals who play baseball.
5/19/98: Tino Martinez is hit by a pitch from Armando Benitez, leading to a protracted dispute as the Yankees' and Orioles' benches clear. Darryl Strawberry and Scott Brosius involved. Check out http://m.mlb.com/video for our full archive of videos, and subscribe on YouTube for the best, exclusive MLB content: http://youtube.com/MLB About MLB.com: Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig announced on January 19, 2000, that the 30 Major League club owners voted unanimously to centralize all of Baseball's internet operations into an independent technology company. Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) was formed and charged with developing, building and managing the most comprehensive baseball experience available on the internet. In August 2002, MLB.com streamed the first-ever live, ...
It was the punch heard around the baseball world on Sunday: Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor delivering a hard right hook to the face of the Blue Jays' Jose Bautista. And all of it occurred because of baseball's unwritten rules. This story actually starts way back in October when the Rangers and Blue Jays were facing off in the ALDS. Bautista launched a three-run home run in Game 5, the eventual game winner, but stared at the ball for a few seconds before enthusiastically flipping his bat to the side — both big no-no's in baseball's unwritten rulebook. Fast forward to Sunday. In the eighth inning, during what would be Bautista's last at-bat against the Rangers in the series, Rangers pitcher Matt Bush plunked him with a fastball. On the next groundball, Bautista slid in hard to s...
This is a very funny video of my brother fighting off a bully on first base! Hillarious!
A crazy brawl erupted in the 9th inning of the World Baseball Classic game between Canada and Mexico. Game was held in Phoenix, Arizona. Run differential is a tie-breaker in the WBC, so teams try to pile on the runs. After Canada bunted for a base hit in the 9th inning, Mexico pitcher Arnold Leon threw two consecutive pitches at Canada's Rene Tosoni. All hell broke loose after that.
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