1984 Padres / Braves Brawl Video

by jbox on Aug 10, 2009 8:48 AM PDT Comment 19 comments

The 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.

"I think that was one of the defining moments for the '84 club," Flannery said.

Look at Gwynn in action (Part 2 7:04):

...Tony Gwynn appeared out of nowhere and body-slammed Komminsk.

"They told me he saved me from getting bopped," Sherry said. "Thanks, Tony."

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Check out Page 93-94 of Bob Chandler's Book for more description of the fight.

Video after the jump!

Check out our 1984 Padres: Where are they now? feature.

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

Ed Whitson being held back

Goose Gossage being held down.

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Braves

137 votes

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Nice to see they had

no fitness requirements for the umps back then.

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by thenerdhater on Aug 10, 2009 9:32 AM PDT reply actions

Flannery tears shit up

And those uniforms look SO much better than the Braves’ unis.

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by Axion on Aug 10, 2009 9:54 AM PDT reply actions

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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by AIChief on Aug 10, 2009 9:59 AM PDT reply actions

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.

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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”

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by planetjeffy on Aug 10, 2009 10:39 AM PDT reply actions

this is awesome, but i missed the Gwynn part

What part is it in?

by brewer090 on Aug 10, 2009 1:40 PM PDT reply actions

I think #2, its right at the begining of when the fight stats

by Steve (Grey Suit) on Aug 10, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions

#2

Time 7:04

by jbox on Aug 10, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions

that was great

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by justdave on Aug 10, 2009 1:44 PM PDT reply actions

Champ Summers

hit about a buck eighty in ’84….guess he felt that he wanted to contribute in some fashion

by texpadre on Aug 10, 2009 3:03 PM PDT reply actions

Damn Steve Garvey was hawt

What went wrong?

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by eastbaysd on Aug 10, 2009 4:01 PM PDT reply actions

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.

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by eastbaysd on Aug 10, 2009 4:11 PM PDT reply actions

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.

by soulSD on Aug 10, 2009 4:16 PM PDT reply actions

Norm Sherry was nearly blindsided by 205-pound outfielder Brad Komminsk before mild-mannered Tony Gwynn appeared out of nowhere and body-slammed Komminsk.

“They told me he saved me from getting bopped,” Sherry said. “Thanks, Tony.”

by soulSD on Aug 10, 2009 4:28 PM PDT reply actions

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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by SDPads_1 on Aug 10, 2009 11:10 PM PDT reply actions