With the season right around the corner, there’s no better time to revisit the greatest brawls in baseball history.
Here are the top 5…
5. Yankees vs. Orioles: 5/19/1998
Armando Benitez finds out the hard way that you don’t mess with Tino Martinez and the dynasty Yankees…
4. Nolan Ryan vs. Robin Ventura: 8/4/1993
46 year old Nolan Ryan took his 20 year junior out to the woodshed!…
3. Pedro Martinez vs. Don Zimmer: 10/11/2003
Infamous instigator Pedro Martinez nearly kills 72 year old Yankee bench coach Don Zimmer during game 3 of the 2003 ALCS…
2. A-Rod vs. Jason Varitek: 7/24/2004
In the height of the Yankee-Red Sox rivalry, masked Jason Varitek attacks A-Rod in a fight that was credited with catapulting Boston to finally breaking The Curse of the Bambino…
1. Padres vs. Braves: 8/12/1984
Pretty sloppy brawl – but 3 separate fights, 13 ejections and fans getting involved (and arrested) will earn you the top spot…
Honorable Mentions…
-Juan Marichal vs. John Roseboro: 8/22/1965
Juan Marichal smashes John Roseboro over the head with a bat!…
-Roughned Odor vs. Jose Bautista: 5/15/2016
Roughned Odor lands one of the cleanest, technical punches you’ll ever see in a sports brawl…