Manny Machado charged Yordano Ventura and a BASEBALL FIGHT erupted
There are a lot of "baseball fights" then there are BASEBALL FIGHTS. Manny Machado and Yordano Ventura got into the latter on Tuesday with Machado charging the mound and landing a couple shots on Ventura before wrestling him to the ground.
Ventura was having a rough night. He’d allowed six early runs. Maybe this 99 mph fastball just got loose by mistake. Or maybe he had enough of this night. Either way, Machado didn’t seem to appreciate it. The helmets and hats quickly came off and the brawl was on. That was about as legit of a baseball fight as you’ll see, too. Machado and Ventura were both swinging away. Machado got the better end of the fight, appearing to land a shot before tackling Ventura to the ground. There was a bit of a wrestling move before the teams got involved.
The issues between the two started earlier in the game. Ventura came way inside on Machado in the second inning. There was a stare down and then some words exchanged. Ventura came in even further in the next at bat and the melee was on.
This is hardly Ventura's first foray into controversy. During one stretch last season, Ventura got into a bench-clearing altercation with the Angels and Mike Trout. Then he had issues with the Athletics after plunking Brett Lawrie. The conflicts continued days later when Ventura was at the center of a brawl with the Chicago White Sox.
At this rate, Ventura will have incited a bench-clearing altercation with the entire American League by the end of 2017.
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