1984 Padres / Braves Brawl Pictures
by jbox on Aug 10, 2009 8:48 AM PDT
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PrintThe North County Times just printed this article about the 1984 Brawl between the Padres and the Braves. It's the 25th anniversary of this epic battle. Coincidentally the brawl was just put up on youtube in 4 parts a couple weeks ago. They are long and they are good. Watch them quick before they are removed. UPDATE: They videos were removed from YouTube but I got screen caps.
"I think that was one of the defining moments for the '84 club," Flannery said.
Look at Gwynn:
...Tony Gwynn appeared out of nowhere and body-slammed Komminsk.
"They told me he saved me from getting bopped," Sherry said. "Thanks, Tony."
Check out Page 93-94 of Bob Chandler's Book for more description of the fight.
Screen Shots
Here's Tim Flannery. It took four Braves to pull him out of the fight
This is why they call him Dirty Kurt
Kurt Bevacqua throwing punches wildly.
Templeton trying to pull guys out of a pile
Shirtless Ed Whitson holding a bat
His teammates pull the bat our of his hand
Goose Gossage being held down.
Check out our 1984 Padres: Where are they now? feature.
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Nice to see they had
no fitness requirements for the umps back then.
Don't hate the game, hate the nerds!
Flannery tears shit up
And those uniforms look SO much better than the Braves’ unis.
Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you? ◔ヮ◔
Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
Thoughts
-Ed Whitson lived down the street from me when I moved to San Diego and he was one of the 1st baseball player autographs I got as a kid. Real nice guy. It was cool to see him going ape-sh#t in the dugout at the end of the game there.
-I had never seen this much footage of the brawl….I like Tim Flannery even more now.
-Bob Horner’s perm was dope.
-Tom Garfinkle should have a Champ Summers bobblehead night.
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This is amazing
Everybody watch before they’re removed. This brawl is almost better than the Pistons/Pacers one. You know what, nevermind. It is better.
"I bleed powder blue." - Antonio Gates
by matthewverygood on Aug 10, 2009 10:20 AM PDT reply actions
Great article and footage - read and watch
“a game in which the Padres and Atlanta Braves engaged in a fight that was occasionally interrupted by baseball”
"Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted."
Groucho Marx
Champ Summers
hit about a buck eighty in ’84….guess he felt that he wanted to contribute in some fashion
Oompa Loompa Ump throws someone out in part 2
Trying to keep track of who gets ejected.
Pasqual Perez started the whole dang thing.
If he had been ejected early, all this crap would not have started.
Everytime he got up, it was like"Oooo, target practice!" and another
round of fights would begin. And he just toodles off quietly into the Braves dugout
whilst everyone else gets it on.
Chicks Dig a Low ERA Bullpen.
How did I not know about this?!
This is by far the craziest game/fight I’ve seen in sports. Kurt Bevacqua almost tags one of his teammates with a haymaker.
Interesting note....
that guy holding down Goose Gossage in that last pic is current VP of Rules and On-Field operations Bob Watson. He was ruining the fun back then just like he does today.
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Watson & Gossage
Those two were teammates on the 1980-1982 Yankees. That 1980 Yankees team lost to the Royals in the ALCS.
Take that, Goose.
I like at the end of Part 1
where the announcer says “Well both teams have been warned so I wouldn’t expect any more fireworks”.
Happy 25th!
One of the most bizarre, fascinating, funny, and great games I’ve ever seen. Watched it on TV live in ’84 (as a child in the suburbs of Atlanta).
Been searching for some kind of video from this game for years. Nice work jbox!
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