Kyle Farnsworth picks Paul Wilson up and slams him down, a breakdown
What Happened
In this 2003 Cubs vs. Reds baseball game, Kyle Farnsworth, a Cubs pitcher, picked up and slammed down the Reds' starting pitcher, Paul Wilson, after a dispute over a bunt play. The fight then escalated into a brawl involving multiple players from both teams, including notable figures like Aaron Boone and Sammy Sosa. The incident was notable for the dramatic physical confrontation between Farnsworth and Wilson, which sparked a larger melee on the field.
Full Transcript
let's go back to 2003 Cubs vs. Reds Farnsworth is facing the pitcher opposing starting pitcher Paul Wilson is just trying to bunt the runner at first over to second Farnsworth pitched tails inside the runner gets the 2nd anyway so basically he laid down the bunt now Wilson just hit that home run he's always talking about hitting he looks at furniture says throw it in again and see what happens Farnsworth says why don't you just do it now he says ok I'll charge you now Farnsworth says oh you're stupid and just slams the [ __ ] out of him I love the moment where Wilson's in the air here as I'm going backwards and he looks at the ground like oh [ __ ] is anything there to break my fall no just absolutely slammed then Farnsworth throws a punch there but if you go on the other side that punch completely misses and now we got first baseman Karros just trying to block everyone let's that guy threw number 11 coming oh now he just gets swallowed up and he's into the melee couldn't block anyone we got Aaron Boone my dude coming around top he gets swooped up by Martinez who just holds him back as I collected me let me go let me go my dad's the manager I got to impress him he gets that guy finally it's go okay go impress your dad boonie boonie gets that guy he says stay there goes back into the pile to try and get some more it's pretty quiet over there now big big block by Russell Brandon on Sammy Sosa there Sammy was coming in hot top of the screen and Brandon just swoops in gets him he's gonna hold him there they're...