brawl

a brawl always begins with beer.



a video of the beer

a video of the brawl

Guys,

I saw a retrospective
on the Padres-Braves game from, gasp, 25 years ago,
now known as the Pascual Perez game,
in which Padre pitchers tried to bean him on multiple occasions
in retaliation for hitting Wiggins to lead off the game.
The pitcher to finally get him: Craig Lefferts.
Cut fastball in the ribs.
And I was wondering,
did a bunch of us watch that game
together while playing Strat-o-Matic?
I seem to remember being at Tim's apartment,
maybe moving somewhere else partway through.
A rainy day.
With beers,
I'd watch that game
start to finish any time.

I remember watching,
but don’t remember where.
It was a day game.
I can still picture
ex-Marine Champ Summers
standing in front of the Braves dugout
late in the game and challenging anyone
to come out and fight him.
They didn’t.

How extraordinary was this event?
In the pre-cable,
three-channel,
evening news days,
this game made the network evening news.

Pascual Perez
was a loathsome
and notorious head-hunter.

i love that fat john mcsherry is right there
in the middle of the pile
like a wrestler.

Is it just me
or is Pascual
COKED UP out of his mind?
He looked like a character
out of Scarface.



That must have been a different game,
Tim. Your boy Champ
definitely charged
over to the Slaves dugout,
but Bob Horner met him at the top step.
From this angle
it looked like the ex-Marine
got his ass kicked.

I saw this version.
It even looks likes Gwynn
is looking to get in the action.
I think he tried to pick up Pascual
during one of the brawls.
I was a big Champ Summers fan after that.
I think he lives in Idaho now.

http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?mid=200908065955859

Nice videos.
That was a trip
down memory lane.
Ed Whitson looked like a madman.

I like Whitson's baldness
how it mirrors his hat.
With his shirt off.
His eyes are spittin game.

How did Whitson's first pitch
to Perez not hit the bat
or not hit Perez?
as he squares around
the runner advances
on a wild pitch i think.
It's so cute how Perez
won't let go of the bat.

What year did Dock Ellis
bean all those reds
in the first inning?

Here it is. Where Dug at?

And then came the ugliness of a 1974 game, in which Ellis displayed his determination to punish the Reds for some condescending pre-game words they had said about the Pirates. (The Reds had a recent history of beating the Bucs; Ellis felt his teammates needed a wakeup call.) In the first inning, Ellis proceeded to hit each of the first three Reds’ batters—Pete Rose, Little Joe Morgan, and Dan Driessen—with pitched balls. With three of his first five pitches having hit his intended targets, Ellis continued his assault on Cincinnati’s lineup. He threw two pitches behind the head of Tony Perez before eventually walking the Hall of Fame slugger. With one run already having been forced in, Ellis refused to let up on his game plan. He threw two pitches at Johnny Bench that barely missed making contact. Amazingly, the home plate umpire allowed Ellis to remain in the game. (Obviously, this was not baseball in 2008.) But his manager, Danny Murtaugh, mercifully walked to the mound and removed Ellis before he could do any additional damage.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ATL/ATL198408120.shtml

If you read this,
you would have no idea what happened.
All under 3 hours.

What was the story about Pascual?
The Braves traded for him
but he missed his first start
because he couldn't find the stadium?

It was pascual,
he got lost trying to drive
his rental car to the stadium.
literally, from the atlanta airport,
it's a one freeway shot right downtown
and the stadium is practically on the freeway.
i think he was coked up that day, too.