When the Dayton Dragons and Peoria Chiefs rumble, nobody is safe

by Dex on Jul 25, 2008 10:04 AM PDT

I love that the pitcher decides to wind up and try to hit another player with the ball, only to miss and hit a fan. I hope the fan's OK, but wouldn't it be great if he was in the stands, yelling, "FIGHT! FIGHT! *clonk* OMG! MY EYE!!!"

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According to witnesses the ball was thrown so hard it hit the man and bounced five rows behind him where it landed in another spectators lap.

by Dalton on Jul 25, 2008 10:10 AM PDT 0 recs

this was a disgrace.

"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. " ~Frank Sinatra

by Sammy G on Jul 25, 2008 10:15 AM PDT 0 recs

well

I’m from Cincinnati (Dayton kinda like i guess the Escondido of Cincinnati), and Dayton Dragons games are really top notch minor league experience. I was actually kinda relieved that it wasn’t a Dragons player, although I suppose I shouldn’t have been.

Messed up.

by the-dude on Jul 25, 2008 11:07 AM PDT 0 recs

that guy's got a chuck knoblauch arm

“chuck knoblauch throws in to the stands and hits, of all people, my mother.”

but in all seriousness, this was disgusting. i’m all for the benches clearing and a couple guys throwing punches, but don’t bring props.

it just makes the game look bad.

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by justdave on Jul 25, 2008 11:18 AM PDT 0 recs

That guy should never play again

by Winfield's Ghost on Jul 25, 2008 12:08 PM PDT 0 recs

Couple of things about this story.

Here is the article detailing what happened.

Originally, the two umpires ejected both managers and 15 players, eight of them Dragons. That meant to continue, each team had to use two pitchers in the outfield.
Midwest League president George Spelius was contacted by telephone, and when he consulted with the Reds and the Cubs (Peoria’s parent), he was told neither side wanted to play with pitchers in the outfield.

So he reversed the ejections so the game could continue.

Red GM Walt Jocketty was at the game.

The manager of the Peoria Chiefs is Ryne Sandberg. But due to the fact that Sandberg is in Cooperstown for the Hall of Fame weekend...the interim manager (yes, the idiot trying to fight the other idiot manager) was none other than former Padre Carmelo Martinez.

While Sandberg is away, Carmelo Martinez will be managing the Chiefs. Martinez, a teammate of Sandberg in 1983, was originally assigned to be the Chiefs hitting coach in December, but later in the off-season he was promoted to Latin American Field Coordinator for the Cubs.

by Drama on Jul 25, 2008 12:21 PM PDT up 0 recs

I always hated Carmelo

Always called him Marshmellow.

by Winfield's Ghost on Jul 25, 2008 12:36 PM PDT up 0 recs

Update

$50,000 cash bond set for Julio Castillo.

A judge on Friday set a $50,000 cash bond for Peoria Chiefs pitcher Julio Castillo on a felonious assault charge stemming from his beaning of a fan Thursday during a brawl between his team and the Dayton Dragons at Fifth Third Field.
Castillo appeared via video Friday afternoon, July 25, before Dayton Municipal Judge Carl S. Henderson. Castillo, speaking through an interpreter, told the judge his passport is with his teammates in Peoria, and Henderson ordered that the passport be surrendered.

Preliminary hearing set for 9 a.m. Aug. 1

Castillo’s attorney, Kevin Braig, said Castillo has no prior offenses and the team takes the charge very seriously.

by Drama on Jul 25, 2008 12:28 PM PDT 0 recs

Friggin Cubs

No matter where you are in the organization…you’re surrounded by scum.

How’d one of the guys break their leg? Didn’t look like any serious fighting going on.

by thenerdhater on Jul 25, 2008 12:37 PM PDT 0 recs

probably in the pile

i thought most of that fight was great… except the idiot throwing the ball.

by 1998 on Jul 25, 2008 12:43 PM PDT 0 recs

that was amazing

I would never condone that, but that was crazy to see.

by Dex on Jul 25, 2008 1:04 PM PDT up 0 recs

Mosh Pit

I like how everyone is jumping up and down together, but really not doing much.

by Jonny Dub on Jul 25, 2008 2:04 PM PDT 0 recs

Dudes

That’s a crazy fight. Don’t you see that dogpile? There are clearly guys getting kicked on the ground. Watch on the dogpile closely and you’ll see guys get flipped end over end. Towards the end of the video, look on the left side of the screen and you see how there’s guys wrestling on the ground. Not to mention that initial tackle.

Great fight!

by Dex on Jul 25, 2008 2:17 PM PDT 0 recs