These were the most eye-catching moments from the Padres-Rockies brawl
Like many big ticket fighting events, some baseball brawls don't live up to the hype. There can be a lot of standing around and yelling while hoping your teammates hold you back.
Not so in Wednesday's Padres-Rockies game. After Padres starter
The Glove Throw
Like a household alarm, this is the pitcher's protection system. Forget sprinting into the outfield, the first moment of fight or flight is the reflexive tossing of the glove.
Notice, also, that Arenado had already tossed away his helmet. In the Queensbury rules of baseball brawls, you swing with fists and barbed language -- not equipment.
The Chase
In baseball fights, you don't have a lot of time before the dugouts reach you. Which means, after Arenado's swipe missed, the chase was on. If you forget for a moment that this was a baseball brawl, it kind of looks like a childhood game got interrupted after a dog stole the ball had the whole neighborhood chase after it.
The Second Glove Throw
There was a second gloveman.
The Leap
Watch the blonde head of
The Screaming, or, Filing a Formal Complaint
Arenado was not pleased.
The Second Wind
Most brawls end here. Sure, a few more words might get tossed around, and maybe some half-hearted shoves, but everything is usually all wrapped up at this point. But here came the second wind, as
The Cooler
Mark McGwire made his grand entrance, seemingly to say, "I do two things very well. I crush dingers and I end fights."
The Third Wind
Forget just a second wind, this one had a third go-round. And this one featured a whole, shifting miasma of players, like the whole ground moved.
Arenado did get a win in the end: The Rockies defeated the Padres, 6-4.