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Basebrawls from the Day: Cal's Streak Almost Ended

Apr 18, 2007 – 7:15 PM
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A look at some of baseball's old-school scuffles....

The date is June 6, 1993. We are at Camden Yards. Mike Mussina beans Bill Haselman and it is on like Donkey Kong.

Interesting note about this brawl: it nearly ended Cal Ripken's consecutive games streak. During the mayhem, he hurt his knee and it swelled so badly he told his wife he didn't think he was going to play the next day. But, we all know Cal stuck it out. What a trooper that man is.

This fight actually gets pretty out of hand and goes for a long time as far as baseball brawls are concerned -- around the 3:20 mark it really ramps up a notch. Also during the clip, one of the announcers gets pretty irate complaining that the cops aren't doing anything. Um, guy, it's a fight between over 50 people in a professional baseball game. Do you want them to start busting out the riot gear and tear gas? Because that's about the only way you can corral something like this. Relax buddy.

Our friend Jay Buhner
is in the mix here. Also, don't miss Randy Johnson's mullet!

Enjoy.
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