Brawl breaks out at Fifth Third Field

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Street Fightin Man!!! G SEVEEEEEEN
Published 7/25/2008 by Dunnerer (noreply@blogger.com) at Dunn and Dunner
... — A first-inning four-run rally quickly escalated into a bench-clearing brawl between the Dayton Dragons and Peoria Chiefs tonight at Fifth Third Field that halted play for an hour and 9 minutes. The game was resumed at 8:51 p.m. after the league office in Beloit, Wis., reversed 17 ejections that were handed down following the brawl, which lasted about 10 minutes. Baseball fights are so awesome. Luckily there is some photos on DDN website of the awesomeness. My personal favorite is this one that includes some scrub worthless Cub minor ...

HUGE minor league brawl
Published 7/25/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Construda) at Construda
... The Class Low-A Midwest League Peoria Chiefs (Cubs) and Dayton Dragons (Reds) affiliates brawled in the first inning of Thursday night's game. Here's the Dayton Daily News' recap of the fight. The newspaper's video aired on the 11 p.m. SportsCenter. Broadcaster Neil Everett said pitcher Julio Castillo was arrested, however, the story does not read as so. Hall of Famer and former Cub secondbaseman Ryne Sandberg is the Chiefs' manager but was not present at the game. Here's a photo gallery of the game/fight . This is right up my alley because I cover the Fort Wayne Wizards, ...

Peoria Chiefs-Dayton Dragons Minor League Brawl
Published 7/25/2008 by HG at YOU BEEN BLINDED
... for the lack of audio but you don’t need any sound to tell that the Peoria Chiefs and Dayton Dragons got into a nice scrap during Thursday’s game. The Class Low-A Midwest League matchup featured three batters hit by pitch, a fan beaned by a pitcher, and a brawl all before the second inning. It’s usually a big square dance when two baseball teams clear the benches. Justin Reed of the Dayton Dragons wasn’t in the mood for dancing. Pictures courtesy of the Dayton Daily News ...