The 1984 Team Would Like To Fight You

by Winfield's Ghost on Aug 12, 2008 1:42 PM PDT Comment 16 comments

You may or may not know that today marks the twenty fourth anniversary of the greatest brawl in Padres history.

A quick recap, via ESPN:

It all started on the first pitch of the game, when Atlanta's Pascual Perez hit Alan Wiggins. Payback came for Perez in the second inning, when Ed Whitson threw behind his head. When Perez waved his bat at Whitson, the benches emptied in for the first brawl of the game. That one would be followed by fights in the fifth, eighth and ninth innings, some started when the Padres continued to throw at Perez every time he came to bat. When the dust had cleared, 14 had been ejected, including Braves manager Joe Torre and Padres manager Dick Williams. Five fans who'd joined in the fun in the late innings were arrested.

My favorite part is Torre comparing Williams to Hitler. You don't get that anymore in baseball.

The team would of course then go on to win the division and participate in the first World Series in franchise history.

Good times.

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Four brawls

would be unheard of in today’s MLB. All 50 active players and 12 coaches would be ejected by the end of the 8th inning. Hell, Whitson would have been tossed in the bottom of the first. This speaks nothing of the weeks of debate by screaming heads on four-letter networks in regards to fans on the field in the middle of a fight.

Oh where hast thou gone, nails baseball?

by Lancers46 on Aug 12, 2008 1:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Yay, catalyst game anniversary!

Tony Gwynn’s said many times before that this was the game which lit a fire in the team and propelled them to the NLCS title.

If we extrapolate that fight and the ‘84 team to this year’s team, I believe the equivalent would require something including the national guard, an on-site speech by the president (complete with Padres-themed hardhat), NAS Miramar flyovers that actually dropped artillery, and someone shouting “don’t shoot until you see the whites of Bryan Corey’s teeth.”

by California Penal on Aug 12, 2008 3:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

fighting

i don’t like fighting. i’m glad the padres don’t do this stuff any more. but even so, if they do get into a fight i’ve got to root for them. go team! rip the other team’s heads off! lol!

i might be a happy go lucky guy but i'm serious when it comes to my padres! rofl!

by manny619sd on Aug 12, 2008 3:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I was barely a toddler

when they were a team. Does the ‘84 team enjoy punching babies? That’s my kinda team…

can you cure us of this fate
mock the litany in its face

by Axion on Aug 12, 2008 3:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Me too

Not even 1 yet

by matto619 on Aug 12, 2008 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just barely 2

Capri. Denial. It's a sweet sweet place; come join me....

by Demoira on Aug 12, 2008 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

4

i win!

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by justdave on Aug 13, 2008 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

14, dude. 14.

by Winfield's Ghost on Aug 13, 2008 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

1985....

Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world. -Babe Ruth

by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Aug 13, 2008 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Me too, Dem.

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by TheThirdGonzalez on Aug 17, 2008 1:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That would have been such a great game to be at.

Capri. Denial. It's a sweet sweet place; come join me....

by Demoira on Aug 12, 2008 4:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I was almost four...

But even at a young age I still remember that being a really really big deal around here, led the local news and all that. Baseball has, no question, come a long way, as this would never happen again on the level it did back then.

I miss the good ol’ days! /sniff

Oh, btw, Demoira, check your fantasy team, I’ve offered up a trade and I’m guessing you haven’t seen it, I think it automatically expires soon and since the deadline to offer trades has passed I can’t re-offer the trade if it expires. If you see this, thanks!

by California Penal on Aug 12, 2008 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't even remember my sign in

Or who my fantasy team partner is. I’ll see if I can’t figure it out … but no promises! Sorry. I really overestimated my ability to multitask this summer. I was kinda delusional….

Capri. Denial. It's a sweet sweet place; come join me....

by Demoira on Aug 13, 2008 8:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs