An errant pitch started a massive bench clearing brawl between the New Orleans Zephyrs and Memphis Redbirds Monday night.
Zephyrs pitcher Jose Urena attempted to beam Redbirds batter Jeremy Hazelbaker, and then all bets were off. (SLIDESHOW: These Barely
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According to the Redbirds Twitter account each team had three players ejected. (SLIDESHOW: This
So… yeah… some. tonight.
Couldn’t wait until #4thOfJuly.
6 ejections, 3 per side. Game on!
— Memphis Redbirds (@memphisredbirds) June 28, 2016
Actions have consequences and Urena learned that the hard way. Don’t pitch at a guy’s head unless you’re ready to fight.