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Why did Robin Ventura challenge Nolan Ryan to one of the most memorable brawls in history?
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| 08/04/2018
| Eric Chesterton
Posted on 08/04/2018 8:28:30 AM PDT by DFG
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25 years ago today.
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posted on
08/04/2018 8:28:30 AM PDT
by
DFG
To: DFG
Robin was 26. Nolan was 46. Old man rive kicked his butt!
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posted on
08/04/2018 8:46:09 AM PDT
by
Autonomous User
(During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
To: Autonomous User
Old man and real life cattle rancher. He took down Ventura like he was wrestling a small steer 🤠
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posted on
08/04/2018 8:49:31 AM PDT
by
littleharbour
("You take on the intel community they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you" C. Schumer)
To: DFG
Charging the mound was always a silly escapade.
If you are a hitter and you want to get back at a pitcher who beaned you, you just wait until the next time up and drop a bunt down the first base line. When the pitcher comes over to play it, just wreck him right there on the field.
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posted on
08/04/2018 8:50:23 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
To: DFG
Oops. I missed your face! Lemme fix that for ya!
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posted on
08/04/2018 8:51:06 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
(Splodeyhead is the only cure for MAGAphobia)
To: DFG
My favorite pitcher...bought his rookie card...shared with Jerry Koosman...paid $38 for it...sold it to the guy I bought it from several yrs later for $900...he sold it again for $1200. Everybody won...ain’t capitalism great?
To: DFG
This was less a brawl and more of a massacre.
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posted on
08/04/2018 8:59:02 AM PDT
by
stevem
To: DFG
It’s always neat to track the obscure history of baseball feuds. Someone will get stuck in the ribs out of the blue, and there is probably a reason for it that potentially goes back aways.
Freegards
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posted on
08/04/2018 9:05:07 AM PDT
by
Ransomed
To: DFG
I don't think Nolan Ryan had Don Drysdale's reputation for brushing batters until they were out of the batter's box.
Nevertheless, and Great Caesar's Ghost(!) Ryan could throw a ball hard. Getting hit by one of his pitches could take a good deal of humor out of an afternoon.
For Ventura, having his head restructured may have felt good in comparison.
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posted on
08/04/2018 9:05:22 AM PDT
by
stevem
To: stevem
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posted on
08/04/2018 9:08:14 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
(Splodeyhead is the only cure for MAGAphobia)
To: DFG
Familiar with the fight but didn't know this: Ventura was ejected from the game for charging the mound, and -- as fate would poetically have it -- Grebeck was brought in to run in his stead. Ryan remained in the game and, on the very next pitch he threw, catcher Ivan Rodriguez picked Grebeck off first base.
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posted on
08/04/2018 9:17:55 AM PDT
by
Mean Daddy
(Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
To: Delta 21
Indeed, seeing it from this angle, that looks like it probably did feel better than getting hit by a Ryan fastball.
Then, if I was Ventura, I would have learned the valuable insight that a.) choosing your opponent should never be done on whim and b.) to win, the aggressor must vanquish; the defender need only survive.
Ventura got part "b." exactly backwards.
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posted on
08/04/2018 9:18:11 AM PDT
by
stevem
To: DFG
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posted on
08/04/2018 9:23:49 AM PDT
by
Let's Roll
("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn Rand)
To: stevem; DFG
And Ryan didn’t even take his glove off.
To: stevem
ventura slowed up...if he had continued his charge at full blast, he would have knocked Ryan over so fast....
I still have someplace a signed roster from the olympic team that Ventura was on, plus others, including the one armed guy who's name escapes me...
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posted on
08/04/2018 10:00:01 AM PDT
by
cherry
(official troll)
To: DFG
Ventura, as skilled a player as he was, possessed the attitude of the modern, feminized athlete. He was offended that another player would take a hard nosed approach toward him.
Reminds me of the time the Mets and their fans became outraged when shortstop Ruben Tejada turned his back on the play and was taken out by the base runner, Chase Utley of the Dodgers, breaking up the double play. How dare a player make a hard nosed play in a playoff game. Today's professional athletes, as a group, are whining, sniveling losers, unaware of how feminine they have become.
To: DFG
That was 25 years ago? Dang.
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posted on
08/04/2018 10:22:45 AM PDT
by
Skooz
(Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
To: concentric circles
Utley was a dirty player and that was a dirty play
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posted on
08/04/2018 10:25:25 AM PDT
by
onona
(It is often wise to allow a person a graceful path.)
To: cherry
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posted on
08/04/2018 10:26:24 AM PDT
by
Hatteras
To: Oil Object Insp
Ryan did drop his glove. The glove you see is the Rodriguez’s (the catcher).
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posted on
08/04/2018 10:37:57 AM PDT
by
Hatteras
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