The decade isn’t even 10 days old, and we already have the clubhouse leader for the most intense basebrawl of the decade.
A Wednesday night Venezuelan League baseball game turned ugly when a matchup between Caribes de Anzoategui and Aguilas de Zulia turned into a full-out brawl.
The fight happened in the eighth inning of a 13-1 game with Aguilas right fielder Alex Romero at the plate. Caribes pitcher Angel Nesbitt threw the 3-0 pitch behind Romero, and the Aguilas player completely lost it. With almost no hesitation, Romero turned to catcher Gabriel Lino and started hitting him with the bat (!!!). That predictably sent the game into a state of chaos.
Forget running to the mound to confront the pitcher — Romero saved himself some steps and went right after the catcher. You don’t see that too often, especially when a bat is involved.
Lino responded to the bat attack by throwing his glove at Romero because of course.
And amid all of the mayhem, the umpiring crew backed away to let the teams go at it. Eventually, the brawl would come to an end.
Caribes went on to win, 13-2.
