I played in the professional Mexican baseball league in 1999 if my memory is correct, I was 18 and the youngest player in the team they called me up mid season, this one time I was playing first base the hitter got hit and a brawl broke loose, I was 6’1 so I wasnt short but I was 178 pounds, trying to hold some of my teammates back and trying to not get hit by the other teams players, some dudes where so much bigger and stronger than me I felt so small and weak…can’t imagine a MLB brawl and in that era where players where on the juice and huge AF, scary shit
great stuff thanks for posting brings back so much great memories when i was growing up. watching these games and high lites. back when baseball was so great. not like today.
I was watching this game at my grandparents. I was 11 years old and Barry Bonds was my favorite player I was going crazy. They cleared the benches twice that day. The other time is on here too
My favorite fight was when Ron Cey got hit and jawed his way to first and waited to the next bat. Then after grounding out he charged the mound and tackled the pitcher. Perfect tackle too.
Strawberry with the sucker cheap shot. Classic. Also love the comparison of Kevin Millwood, an all-class pitcher, to Matthew Barnaby, an instigator who could never come up with enough cajones to actually fight his opponents.
Being roided up... isn't what causes 'rage'. It's when they come down. Their body has not been able to make any... and it affects the brain for the lack of testosterone. AND... if you don't think they are using it now... your biscuits are not done in the middle.
My theory on why this doesnt happen as much now is literally that the players today are sober. Players back then were always on substances whether it was anabolic roids or pills
@@tricdaddy316 Being roided up... isn't what causes 'rage'. It's when they come down. Their body has not been able to make any... and it affects the brain for the lack of testosterone.
4:38 Jose Offerman threatens the pitcher with the bat. In 2007 Offerman would charge the mound with his bat in an Independent game and never play pro ball again.
That's true. Johnson did throw a slider, right at Lofton's head, 3 times. What the hell was Johnson's problem? The "Big Unit", who is as tall as a radio tower, is one of many reasons why the designated hitter should be removed.
@@alwillk Imagine if they had done the trade with the Expos for Pedro at the end of '97. Asking price was Bartolo Colon and Jaret Wright. They knocked it back because they thought at the time that Jaret Wright was their next big ace. Fair enough, given Wright had just pitched an excellent Game 7 in that year's World Series. They also had a deal in place with Seattle for their disgrunted ace, Randy Johnson, before the 98 trade deadline but Seattle knocked it back in favour of the deal with the Astros. Good thing too, the players Cleveland offered up were rubbish. Whether or not either player would have committed long term to Cleveland is debatable...they weren't exactly in a position to write big cheques to secure big names.
@@davidcook2172 And you don’t think guys are taking today? They’re just finding sneakier ways around it and with better masking agents. 😂 Players are still being caught, but usually it’s minor leaguers without the resources that are available to the multi-millionaire big leaguers.
Thanks for this vídeo bro ,i was looking for this vídeo always ,Félix - the cat - Martínez used to play for My baseball team in winter league .águilas cibaeñas ⚾🇩🇴⚾🇩🇴 .thanks
The post-strike 90s are the most entertaining era in MLB history for me. The players were despised by the fans for the work stoppage, they didn't make nearly the money they make today, and almost all of them were on drugs (performance enhancers or otherwise). None of them gave a fuck and were ready to kill each other every night at the slightest provocation. It's completely different today, for better and worse. The players make too much money to risk it all in a brawl, PED enforcement is robust, and the rules have banned most of the physical contact plays. We'll never see professional baseball like this again.
Honestly..if u “accidentally” throw at a guys head twice in the same game u better not yell back “IT WAS A SLIDER” trying to defend yourself. That’s not how justofy it. You apologize with sincerity. Show some fucking manners.
Need to see more charges to the mound nowadays. All you see today is yelling back and forth, maybe a step or two towards the mound making threats... and if your lucky, a push or shove. They might get a fine and a little suspension, who cares...there’s over 150 games in a season and they get paid millions.
Change the MLB rules. Hitting of batters is an EASY problem to solve! Instead of a batter going to first base, they go to SECOND BASE, and all runners on base move up 2 BASES. It puts all runners in scoring position. If this rule change was implemented, it would virtually ELIMINATE pitchers hitting batters. EVERYONE knows 90% of batters being hit are intentional, and the only reason many batters are NOT hit, is that they were able to get out of the way. NO ONE LIKES TO BE HIT BY A BASEBALL.
“I was thinking of that long suspension I would’ve got” If you charged with the bat and used it, you’d be dealing with the criminal Justice system and you would never play another game again”
