I played in the professional Mexican baseball league in 1999 if my memory is correct, I was 18 and the youngest player in the team they called me up mid season, this one time I was playing first base the hitter got hit and a brawl broke loose, I was 6’1 so I wasnt short but I was 178 pounds, trying to hold some of my teammates back and trying to not get hit by the other teams players, some dudes where so much bigger and stronger than me I felt so small and weak…can’t imagine a MLB brawl and in that era where players where on the juice and huge AF, scary shit
great stuff thanks for posting brings back so much great memories when i was growing up. watching these games and high lites. back when baseball was so great. not like today.
My favorite fight was when Ron Cey got hit and jawed his way to first and waited to the next bat. Then after grounding out he charged the mound and tackled the pitcher. Perfect tackle too.
I was watching this game at my grandparents. I was 11 years old and Barry Bonds was my favorite player I was going crazy. They cleared the benches twice that day. The other time is on here too
Strawberry with the sucker cheap shot. Classic. Also love the comparison of Kevin Millwood, an all-class pitcher, to Matthew Barnaby, an instigator who could never come up with enough cajones to actually fight his opponents.
Being roided up... isn't what causes 'rage'. It's when they come down. Their body has not been able to make any... and it affects the brain for the lack of testosterone. AND... if you don't think they are using it now... your biscuits are not done in the middle.
I remember growing up and watching Sheffield and he was one of the scariest guys in the mlb. He had that crazy look in his eyes and always seemed to be pissed off.
4:38 Jose Offerman threatens the pitcher with the bat. In 2007 Offerman would charge the mound with his bat in an Independent game and never play pro ball again.
@@davidcook2172 And you don’t think guys are taking today? They’re just finding sneakier ways around it and with better masking agents. 😂 Players are still being caught, but usually it’s minor leaguers without the resources that are available to the multi-millionaire big leaguers.
My theory on why this doesnt happen as much now is literally that the players today are sober. Players back then were always on substances whether it was anabolic roids or pills
@@tricdaddy316 Being roided up... isn't what causes 'rage'. It's when they come down. Their body has not been able to make any... and it affects the brain for the lack of testosterone.
That's true. Johnson did throw a slider, right at Lofton's head, 3 times. What the hell was Johnson's problem? The "Big Unit", who is as tall as a radio tower, is one of many reasons why the designated hitter should be removed.
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@@alwillk Imagine if they had done the trade with the Expos for Pedro at the end of '97. Asking price was Bartolo Colon and Jaret Wright. They knocked it back because they thought at the time that Jaret Wright was their next big ace. Fair enough, given Wright had just pitched an excellent Game 7 in that year's World Series. They also had a deal in place with Seattle for their disgrunted ace, Randy Johnson, before the 98 trade deadline but Seattle knocked it back in favour of the deal with the Astros. Good thing too, the players Cleveland offered up were rubbish. Whether or not either player would have committed long term to Cleveland is debatable...they weren't exactly in a position to write big cheques to secure big names.
The post-strike 90s are the most entertaining era in MLB history for me. The players were despised by the fans for the work stoppage, they didn't make nearly the money they make today, and almost all of them were on drugs (performance enhancers or otherwise). None of them gave a fuck and were ready to kill each other every night at the slightest provocation. It's completely different today, for better and worse. The players make too much money to risk it all in a brawl, PED enforcement is robust, and the rules have banned most of the physical contact plays. We'll never see professional baseball like this again.
And that was his point. If you attempt to throw a breaking pitch and you slip, you have no control of what happens next. If it hangs over the plate, it gets hammered into the bleachers. In this case, it flattened Lofton. Shit happens.
The opening brawl voiced by the late great Stuart Scott!
Gosh how I miss that man. Every time I hear his voice I go back to what was a really great time in my life.
That dude could really catch a football with his hands, boo-yah!
RIP Stuart Scott I used to watch him on ESPN since '01.
Rest in peace Stuart Scott I also used to watch him on ESPN sports center
BOOYAH 🙌⚾️🏀🏈 RIP Stu
The 1998 MLB Season became the Jerry Springer Show!
All the roid rage
Yankees fucking steam rolled the League...
The way Darren dreifort dodged that left hook from Andres was insane, I can watch that on repeat
dude from the rockies did too thankfully lol
“It was a slider! If I wanted to hit you I’d throw the fastball!”
That’s just good logic right there
And then to make his point he actually does throw the fastball at his head next chance he gets 😂
He's already killed a bird with a fastball. He could definitely do that to a human being if he wanted to 😂.
I played in the professional Mexican baseball league in 1999 if my memory is correct, I was 18 and the youngest player in the team they called me up mid season, this one time I was playing first base the hitter got hit and a brawl broke loose, I was 6’1 so I wasnt short but I was 178 pounds, trying to hold some of my teammates back and trying to not get hit by the other teams players, some dudes where so much bigger and stronger than me I felt so small and weak…can’t imagine a MLB brawl and in that era where players where on the juice and huge AF, scary shit
I love these old school fights! All pro sports were great during this era
They should just let them fight. Give entertainment for the fans.
Not if you were a Red Sox fan or cubs
When Men were Men
MLB NBA NFL WWF we had it all growing up.
You don't see this type of intensity anymore. I miss it haha
These are good, but doesn’t even come close to Braves-Padres in 1984…3 bench clearing brawls, 17 ejections, 5 fans arrested…in 1 game…AWESOME!!!
CHAMP SUMMERS!
5:03 bro suckerpunched and tried to run away and got bulldozed by the entire team
6:30 "Lloyd McClendon ejected" A sign of things to come 😂
Allan Mills CLOCKED Strawberry...
These highlights are great, I remember some of these
Steinbrenner was laughing inside at that brawl and thought of Billy Martin.
1990's baseball was fantastic too say the least
I still can't believe those Mariners teams never won a World Series, they were loaded with talent.
Mariners was overhyped
Love this video. Thank you for putting it together. Great work.
great stuff thanks for posting brings back so much great memories when i was growing up. watching these games and high lites. back when baseball was so great. not like today.
DAMN STRAIGHT. THIS WAS ONLY 25 YEARS AGO.
My favorite fight was when Ron Cey got hit and jawed his way to first and waited to the next bat. Then after grounding out he charged the mound and tackled the pitcher. Perfect tackle too.
As an old soul person for 1998, these brawls are hilarious 🤣🤣🤣
I was only 11 in 98 but I used to love the fights back then. They don't get after it like used too. Everybody over reacts now if something happens.
@@at2130 I bet you were laughing so hard when you saw it on live tv.
"I went to a baseball game and a Jerry Springer Show broke out"
Man I loved 90s baseball
Barry Bonds charging the mound is hilarious... he's the LAST player I'd ever imagine charging the mound for any reason, ever
Hey if he s mad he s mad
I never knew he did til now lol
I was watching this game at my grandparents. I was 11 years old and Barry Bonds was my favorite player I was going crazy. They cleared the benches twice that day. The other time is on here too
He did a couple of times I believe
Strawberry with the sucker cheap shot. Classic.
Also love the comparison of Kevin Millwood, an all-class pitcher, to Matthew Barnaby, an instigator who could never come up with enough cajones to actually fight his opponents.
I'm biased as a Yanks fan...but I was glad to see him sneak Benitez for that snarky reaction. Just when he thought it was safe...pow! 👊🏼🤣
@@darkmatter7668 yeah Alan Mills broke Straws freakin jaw tho
@@mobbcreep956 No jaws were broken 🤣 but yeah, Mills got him back. No Yankees fan really cares though. Straw was about that life.
Haha Barnaby was a little Weasel
starwberry is a coke head lol
You notice how Daryl Strawberry is always involved somehow?
It's true. Like, the opening one. Randy throws at Lofton, in come the bullpens and, somehow, Darryl Strawberry! Lol.
@Mr. Giggles I always assumed he was clean in 97 and 98 and then fell off the wagon
About that life
Not enough has been made of the solid contact Alan Mills made with Darryl Strawberry's head
My man's ducking that punch tho 7:20😂😂
That was insane
The big cat almost took his head off
MLB needs to bring back the home plate collisions and clearing of the benches. That’s what made the game great.
This was the glory days of baseball, one of them at least. Bring it back who cares
Bring back collisions at the plate
Hell yes. I'm all for more brawls and bean ball rivalries
That Terry Collins is always in the Jackpot.
A single hockey fight lands more punches than this entire baseball video
When Sportscenter was about scores and highlights. Miss those days
They're all marxist activists now
I know, I hate being able to see scores and highlights instantly at any time on any device.
I grew up watching Sportscenter since '01.
We need to see more of this
Problem with rushing the mound is the pitcher is probably 6-4,6-6,6-8. Not the smartest thing to take on the Unit.
Plus they have uphill advantage
Because he's tall?
One shot to his unit...he'll shorten.
For a fast guy, Lofton sure "charged" Randy Johnson awfully slow.
Would you charge a freak of nature that stood around 9 feet tall and could throw a baseball about 100 mph?
This is why pitchers should have to face fastballs, too.
Never understood the bullpens running out. Why don’t they just fight each other?
Protect their teamattes
RIP Stewart Scott
The only time Bonds ever charged the mound during his illustrious career
He actually did against the Cubs as well can't find it anywhere tho
If that left hook from the Big Cat had landed 🤣 Night night.
Roid rage!!! Ahh baseball in the 90’s
Being roided up... isn't what causes 'rage'. It's when they come down. Their body has not been able to make any... and it affects the brain for the lack of testosterone. AND... if you don't think they are using it now... your biscuits are not done in the middle.
I must have seen the Orioles/Yankees donnybrook a hundred times, never saw Mills coldcock Strawberry after Strawberry suckered an Oriole.
I remember seeing it when it originally happened backnin the daybbut most videos on UA-cam don't show it.
I forgot all about Irabu on the Yankees. I think Steinbrenner called him a fat toad.
Ahhh....when it was baseball.
The Cubs Catcher Martinez never let go of the ball. Even fought with it. Now that's dedication
6:21 ENOUGH TALK WE FIGHTING
The good old days! Those SportsCenter graphics were the best. They're timeless.
I like to see the progression and explanation of what happens and why with the history of the teams/players.
I remember growing up and watching Sheffield and he was one of the scariest guys in the mlb. He had that crazy look in his eyes and always seemed to be pissed off.
Lol randy is the best. Says if I wanted to hit you I'd throw the FB. Then proceeded to throw the FB to show him lol
4:38 Jose Offerman threatens the pitcher with the bat. In 2007 Offerman would charge the mound with his bat in an Independent game and never play pro ball again.
Geez, Drysdale used to brush Frank Robinson back with regularity. Did he charge the mound? NO! He’d dust himself off, dig in, and belt the next pitch.
Does anyone ever feel like this era was more baseball than ever. Todays game seems so primadonna and players don’t have the Same passion for the game.
The testosterone they were taking probably helped with the rage lol.
@@davidcook2172 And you don’t think guys are taking today? They’re just finding sneakier ways around it and with better masking agents. 😂 Players are still being caught, but usually it’s minor leaguers without the resources that are available to the multi-millionaire big leaguers.
@@sketchyold it's just cleaner stuff.
Watered down
My theory on why this doesnt happen as much now is literally that the players today are sober. Players back then were always on substances whether it was anabolic roids or pills
Exactly, back then a bunch of these guys were roided up
Nah they are worth too much to get hurt, and the penalties are worse.
Well... that was an ignorant statement. Go back to the basement.
@@tricdaddy316 Being roided up... isn't what causes 'rage'. It's when they come down. Their body has not been able to make any... and it affects the brain for the lack of testosterone.
Darryl Strawberry representing the cocaine contingent.
1:44 jeff juden and his career -0.4 WAR and 4.81 ERA can't even throw a ball behind a guy anywhere near the batters box.. says a lot
Great compilation!
That's true. Johnson did throw a slider, right at Lofton's head, 3 times. What the hell was Johnson's problem? The "Big Unit", who is as tall as a radio tower, is one of many reasons why the designated hitter should be removed.
A couple of fights from a Red Sox-Indians game are missing.
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It was sad hearing Frank Castillo’s name. He went to my HS in EPTX. He died very oddly. Very sad he died so young.
Randy was a beast next pitch fastball
At 1:00 is Doug Brocail, who would be one of the stars of the Tigers-White Sox brawls just two years later.
8:01 must by one of the few time Irabu actually hit his mark
Back when baseball had bite to it
still to this day don't understand how the Indians didn't win at least one World Series with that lineup. it was one of the deadliest in baseball.
Mediocre pitching. Even in the steroid era pitching won. Teams like the Yankees and even though Braves only won one they were there very year.
@@alwillk Imagine if they had done the trade with the Expos for Pedro at the end of '97. Asking price was Bartolo Colon and Jaret Wright. They knocked it back because they thought at the time that Jaret Wright was their next big ace. Fair enough, given Wright had just pitched an excellent Game 7 in that year's World Series.
They also had a deal in place with Seattle for their disgrunted ace, Randy Johnson, before the 98 trade deadline but Seattle knocked it back in favour of the deal with the Astros. Good thing too, the players Cleveland offered up were rubbish.
Whether or not either player would have committed long term to Cleveland is debatable...they weren't exactly in a position to write big cheques to secure big names.
7:30 oh the sweet 90s references...
good ole baseball and ESPN good days
With the universal dh, this could be a common occurrence
I think the Mets have been hit like 9000 times this year !
98 was wild , luv it!!!!
That was a slider. If I wanted to hit you I'd throw a fastball.
Proceeds to throw a fastball. Lol
6:34 I see this was pre-PEDs for Barry Bonds.
Nothing like being spoken to in Australian!
Hey, this is great, thank you!!!!!
Strawberry was always trying to get in there to throw a punch. That 80's crack cocaine was more potent than 90's roid rage 🤣
Gotta love the open hand slaps from Benitez lol. He's obviously doesn't know how to throw a punch
GOTTA LOVE THE OLD DAYS
Tony Muser is my best mans big brother. Worked with him for 15 years.
The post-strike 90s are the most entertaining era in MLB history for me. The players were despised by the fans for the work stoppage, they didn't make nearly the money they make today, and almost all of them were on drugs (performance enhancers or otherwise). None of them gave a fuck and were ready to kill each other every night at the slightest provocation.
It's completely different today, for better and worse. The players make too much money to risk it all in a brawl, PED enforcement is robust, and the rules have banned most of the physical contact plays. We'll never see professional baseball like this again.
damn did Gary Sheffield get headlocked in every fight? lol
Dusty baker always was ready to fight… giants
Remember listening to these commentators waiting to go to elementary school
When baseball was baseball. I sound like an old man 😜
Jack MacDowell's on the DL and he even gets into it
Lmao
If I was a lefty digging in against Randy Johnson I'd be a bit tuned up too
2:28 so many punches with none landing but 2:37 leave it to Strawberry to rectify that oversight
if I Was a pitcher I would learn Brazilian Ju jitsu for defense jeez
0:29 Scariest guy in baseball.
Sad, when ESPN was the thing to watch and now it is just trash.
Dayum I did not realize Strawberry got popped after his cheap shot. 02:40
It's why he was holding his jaw when Torre was walking him back the dugout later on
Served him right.
Stuart Scott RIP
Matthew Barnaby reference!!!
If Randy Johnson really was throwing a slider as his lips claimed, it was the worst slider of his life because it broke in the wrong direction.
And that was his point. If you attempt to throw a breaking pitch and you slip, you have no control of what happens next. If it hangs over the plate, it gets hammered into the bleachers. In this case, it flattened Lofton. Shit happens.
Torre's hypocrisy with Clemens when he became a Yankee was pathetic.
As a life long Yankees fan I agree I never liked Clemens especially head hunting Mike Piazza
The beginning of when players knew they were on TV. Opening day. Little at stake. C'mon.
I remember that fight between Lofton and Johnson. I love my Tribe. Forever
I wouldnt wanna fight Henderson. A built, athletic, dummy!!! Bad people to screw with.
Not to mentioned the one(s) trying to get at Randy Johnson who is 6'10. lmao
These where really exciting brawls !
Cocaine it's a hell of a drug!... Darryl Strawberry
To bad its not like hockey and they actually get to throw hands. Alot of talk nowadays
Brawls are the only times baseball games are fun to watch