I saw this too on tv. It was awesome.
I remember shortly after that when Nolan was interviewed about the fight. He told the story that the last time he was charged after hitting a batter was when he hit Dave Winfield of the Yankees. He said he waited for Winfield to get to the mound and Winfield gave him a pretty good lashing.
Nolan stated that if he was EVER charged again he would NOT wait on the batter, but would come off the mound and start toward the batter. You notice he did that and it probably caught Ventura by surprise. Then Nolan started giving him “the business”.....LOL
Winfield was HUGE. he probably thought better of it