The Braves and Padres brawl multiple times in one game back in 1984, a breakdown

What Happened

The Braves and Padres engage in a heated, bench-clearing brawl multiple times during their game in 1984. The conflict begins when Braves pitcher Pascual Perez hits Padres outfielder Alan Wiggins with the first pitch of the game, apparently in retaliation for Wiggins bunting for hits the previous day. Tensions continue to escalate as the teams try to retaliate against each other, with multiple pitchers and managers getting ejected. Perez and Wiggins are at the center of the conflict, with Perez dancing around the batter's box and wielding his helmet as a potential weapon when the Padres try to hit him. Eventually, Perez is plunked by a pitch and gets ejected along with the Padres manager. A large brawl erupts, with players and even a fan getting involved in the melee. Padres veteran Champ Summers, a 28-year-old former Army Vietnam veteran, charges over to the Braves dugout looking for Perez, but gets tackled by Braves player Bob Horner, who had suited up from the press box to join the fray. The fans also get involved, with one throwing a cup of liquid and another attempting a double-leg takedown. Another scuffle breaks out and Braves third baseman Greg Nettles gets hit by a pitch and charges the mound, leading to more fighting. Nettles' former Yankees teammate, Chris Chambliss, tries to calm him down. Braves outfielder Claudell Washington delivers a hard-hitting punch to reliever Goose Gossage. The brawls continue for several more minutes, with a total of 17 players and 4 managers getting ejected and 4 fans arrested. Even after the game, the drama continues, with Braves coach Ed Winfield angrily confronting fans from the dugout, shirtless and wielding a bat, as they throw objects into the dugout. A final fan rushes the field and gets tackled by security as players watch in amusement. By the end, it's clear that the longstanding rivalry between these two teams has reached a boiling point, resulting in a wild, chaotic scene unlike anything typically seen on a baseball diamond.

okay folks strap in we've got a wild one

here on the bump is Pasquale Perez ever

the character 27 years old at the time I

believe in the batter's box Alan Wiggins

outfielder 26 years old at the time I

believe now the story goes Alan Wiggins

was lying down bunts for base hits all

day the game before this and Perez was

in the dugout saying swing the bat yep

uh say or something like that so the

very first pitch of the game the fourth

game of a four-game set versus these two

teams first place Padres second place

Braves but a distant second place

Perez opens up with a fastball to the

ribs and Wiggins gets hit and he doesn't

like it so when Pascrell Perez comes up

later on the Padres say we're got to hit

this guy they tried to hit him there

goes behind him he doesn't like it he

gets spooked by the catcher being behind

him not into that at all kind of dances

around takes the helmet off holds on to

the bat uses that as a weapon if he

needs to he's dancing around gets out of

there the next time he's up they try to

hit him again

and the pitcher misses three times in a

row but warnings have been given so that

pitchers ejected and so is the manager

at the time now Perez comes up for his

third at-bat they try to throw at him

again the new pitcher he is ejected that

managers ejected so on our third pitcher

and we're on a third manager now and

they still haven't really hit him

they've sure tried in his fourth at-bat

there it is they plunk him and look at

him stepping out of the box because he

knows it's coming get some on the elbow

and now he's a ejected the managers

ejected nice little move by the UMP

there and the brawls on the Braves have

said enough is enough you had enough

chances number forty he's on the ground

they're tough position now check out the

UMP number ten big fella

he's gonna get taken down and a guy that

big it takes a lot to get him back up so

he's gonna try and do whatever he can

down there

that guy is 37 years old I forget his

name but I looked it up and I was like

okay getting in the thick of things that

I'm trying to help look at this we got

three piles going on here good times all

around and Perez is just walking away

from a gun okay Matt into the

at all but cool this is tony gwynn about

the body slam that dude the camera cuts

but yeah tony gwynn picked that guy up a

young Tony Gwynn Flannery's their

nettles is their hats off to this guy

for tucking in a shirt in the middle of

a bra gotta look good no matter what

you're doing now we've got this dude

he's looking for a press where is he

where is he and this dude's name is

Champ summers and yeah you heard me

correctly his name is Champ summers and

Summers was born in Washington he served

in the United States Army and Vietnam he

didn't play his first major league

baseball game until he's 28 years old he

was signed by the Oakland Athletics as

an amateur after being discovered in a

men's softball league following his

service champ summers I'm all the way

[ __ ] in I apologize to you and your

family for not being a big supporter

before this day all in so he's charging

over to the dugout to find Perez and he

runs into Bob Horner look at this a big

muscular thoughtful guy with nice curly

hair

Bob Horner was on the DL with a broken

hand and in the press box when the game

begun but as the ongoing bad blood had

been evident he had gone to the locker

room and suited up after the game he

said you didn't have to be a brain

surgeon to find how what was gonna go on

so he puts the uniform on steps out and

gets in the way of champs Sommers and

this is where things get really bad

we got one fan here running we got this

fan gonna throw a bottle at something

and it splashes he squeezes it too early

so this fan look at this he squeezes the

cup there and it's just you gotta be

better at throwing cups full of liquid

now this guy jumps up for the double

head grab that's pretty [ __ ] up just

stay in the stands and then this fan

number three he dives over so champ

Somers gets tackled by basically the

fans Bob Horner and one of the guy and

this guy's still trying to get in the

mix that's pretty shitty I think they

got arrested so now there's another

scrum here champ Somers is like I just

wanted to talk to Perez I'm [ __ ] out

too old I mean come on give me back two

men's softball I love Jam Stoppers this

is the fan that came out with the head

grab he's hiding

in some hideaway spot with a cameraman I

guess he puts his sunglasses back on and

then sneaks back out into the light and

I think he gets away now he's like just

there is just walking away you got this

dude looking like the a a Ron key and

peele sketch walking away and then

another brawl happens and they fight all

over there and there's just so much [ __ ]

going on these guys are doing they're

like how's your wife and kids good to

see you again let's hold each other back

it's fun Bob Horner's in deep thought

but also out of breath that's kind of

his life good for you Bob these guys get

arrested they get walked off so you

think we're done

nope Greg nettles come up he had a hit

this pitcher during one of the brawls he

hit him so he's like okay I think this

guy's probably gonna hit me he let the

catcher know hey

Moore's gonna hit me so be ready and

there it is second pitch nettles gets

hit and he charges the mound and more

Dodgers imprison now nettles is just

looking for anyone he gets tackled okay

this dude number seven watch this hey

boy doesn't him beef something he comes

out just swing and look at this like

this first punch BAM don't know what he

hits heir heir goose Gossage what the

[ __ ] they're still digging people off

each other

you got Chambliss and nettles here they

were teammates on the Yankees for like

five years so Chambliss is like come on

come on Greg like calm down we're all

good we're all good I'm telling them to

relax and that'll it's like I'm cool I'm

cool I'm cool Joe Tory's there there's

that big hump something else happens

again it just keeps the cottages on the

ground it just keeps going 17 players

got ejected four managers got ejected I

think there was like four arrests in the

crowd it's nuts Torre with the bunting

Wiggins say get over there good for you

Joe get him out of there this is a

really cool part

Garber on the Braves just spin moves the

[ __ ] out of Flannery look at that that

was I mean you do that and you got to

give up Flannery

you just got just got got pretty bad the

flattery is like okay fine but I'm

bleeding so feel bad for me if you I'm

bleeding on my left bleeding no more lap

you guys made me bleed I [ __ ] spun

you are you okay to play at Ulster yeah

I'm good what happened why wouldn't I be

able to play

and now he got ed witson in the dugout

with his shirt off this is part three

the fans are throwing stuff into the

dugout go doing anything he's trying to

tell security he got his shirt ripped

off I think he maybe took it off he

seems like a crazy guy look at him oh my

god don't look at my I don't look at me

don't look at me don't look at me no

Miller you're [ __ ] nuts but he's mad

at the people above the dugout because

they're throwing stuff in he's got crazy

eyes now he's got a bat out he's

pointing at him oh don't some like that

but probably with words it's insane I

mean ed witson so nuts that he makes

goose gotchas look normal shared off

with the bat in his hand still there

comes more liquid oh man now a guy's

gonna run on the field and you'll see

that these guys are so excited go go

yeah oh so this guy gets tackled and

even the Braves players look at the [ __ ]

out of here man get out of here he gets

arrested and you've got ed witson in the

dugout bat in hand three people trying

to restrain him because he wants to go

get that dude that's him that's that

[ __ ] right there that's him

that's [ __ ] him luckily go let me go

Edie get her this guy looking like Rudy

getting taken off I mean that up that

guy just has some pretty held he's like

okay how many there's three of them

there's three yeah that guy right there

right there right there okay

hahaha enjoy jail so the umpire actually

told both benches they weren't allowed

in the dugouts anymore you go hang out

in the clubhouse if it's your turn to

hit you come to the field

there was only three more outs to go so

looking it cleared both dugouts they

said no more enough is enough

hanging out in the clubhouse we don't

want any more incidents and this guy

comes up to hit I think he got pinch-hit

for eventually I don't know why Braves

ended up winning the game

I believe but Padres ended up being the

much better team Joe Torre looking good

as ever

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