I was googling Mario Soto and found this 5 minute video clip of a fight between him and Claudell Washington.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt0ftk6kFoA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt0ftk6kFoA
Well I am actually old enough to remember this fight and the thing that got me was how bad it seems now.
I can't imagine what would happen to a guy today that would shove an Ump to the ground to get to another player.
I can't tell if things really were bad then or if we have been wearing kid gloves in our society for too long.
Brian, I dont remember this particular fight, I was only 3! I do however, have a GREAT article, very funny to follow up on this "basebrawl" and another famous one from more recently (Mike Sweeney-Jeff Weaver) that has some comments on baseball fights and tactics! Worth the read. This one was BRUTAL! Washington jumped on the ump, that would be a BIG no-no now!!
http://proxy.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?id=1239718
Thats a funny article, especially describing Alomar acting all bad with Pedro after his teammates arrived to hold him back.