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17 ejected after brawl in Dayton!

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Gatorubet;1214807; said:
Trust me, you don't want the injury that goes with the corresponding money.
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could very well be true...what if he only has a concussion though?

Without all of the facts, what do you think the guy could get for a concussion? Eye witnesses have said the ball hit him in his forehead, and he appeared ok, although he doesn't remember what happened.
 
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This is my thought on this: I'm sure Dayton Dragon games don't have the best security, but there had to have been a couple of Sheriffs or city cops on the field, where were they? When's the point they step in? Once the dugout clears and players are trying to hurt each other, isn't that the time for law enforcement to step in? I'm all for letting the game being played on the field, but, there's a line that was crossed.
 
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JonathanXC;1214454; said:
A brawl in a minor league game at Dayton last night. 17 ejections overall after the brawl was done. I can't ever recall hearing about 17 ejections, but quite honestly, ALL OF THEM very deserved. Eventually they had to reverse the ejections or else there wouldn't have been enough position players to continue the game. This is by far the nastiest brawl i've seen in professional baseball. Especially the pitcher who throws a ball as hard as he can into the Dayton dugout, and the ball end up hitting a fan who had to be rushed to the hospital.
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In my opinion the suspensions should have not been reversed. (After the suspensions) If a team doesn't have enough players they forfet. If both teams don't have enough players it is a "double forfet".

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The managers couldn't get nose to nose if they weren't on the field in the first place. Baseball is the only sport that allows coaches to come on the field and confront officials, and in this case things escalated. It has happened before and it'll happen again.

The umpires needed to establish control early on when the beanballs started and they failed to do it. I hope that crew never sees the majors because it's too big for them.
 
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Jake said:
The managers couldn't get nose to nose if they weren't on the field in the first place. Baseball is the only sport that allows coaches to come on the field and confront officials, and in this case things escalated. It has happened before and it'll happen again.

The umpires needed to establish control early on when the beanballs started and they failed to do it. I hope that crew never sees the majors because it's too big for them.
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Minor League Baseball is a place for players AND UMPIRES, to learn. I'm sure neither of these umpires have had a situation like this before. Of course the majors are "too big" for them now. You need years and years of minor league experience before you can have enough experience to umpires in the bigs. To say you hope the crew never sees the bigs is ignorant. These umpires are barely adults. I'm sure 10 years from now when they have experience, this situation would not be too much for them...and hindsight it 20/20...fights happen ALL THE TIME in MLB. Are all the umpires in those situations not good enough to be umpires in the MLB.

scriptohio said:
In my opinion the suspensions should have not been reversed. (After the suspensions) If a team doesn't have enough players they forfet. If both teams don't have enough players it is a "double forfet".
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This was up to Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball. You really couldn't forfeit the game, because there were enough players to play, they were just pitchers. And the MLB clubs didn't want to risk their million dollar pitching prospects in the outfield and batting.
 
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generaladm;1215112; said:
This is my thought on this: I'm sure Dayton Dragon games don't have the best security, but there had to have been a couple of Sheriffs or city cops on the field, where were they? When's the point they step in? Once the dugout clears and players are trying to hurt each other, isn't that the time for law enforcement to step in? I'm all for letting the game being played on the field, but, there's a line that was crossed.
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The sheriffs and the Dayton PO aren't going to get involved in something like that unless the fans start to go onto the field and generally there are security types hired by the team to do that anyway.

By custom and likely by police rules they don't get involved in stuff that is "on the field" and that likely includes the brawls too.....

Hell they cops barely got involved in that riot in Detroit in 2004, they aren't going to go charging onto the field at a minor league baseball game.....
 
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Castillo convicted for throwing at fan

DAYTON, Ohio -- A judge has convicted a minor-league pitcher of injuring a fan when he threw a baseball during an on-field melee in Dayton last year.
Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge Connie Price found Julio Castillo guilty Tuesday of felonious assault causing serious physical injury. He was acquitted on a second charge of felonious assault with a deadly weapon.
Twenty-two-year-old Castillo, of the Dominican Republic, was pitching for the Peoria Chiefs, a Chicago Cubs Single-A affiliate, against the Dayton Dragons when the bench-clearing brawl broke out. Castillo threw a ball that gave a fan a concussion.
During last month's trial, Castillo testified that he threw the ball downward toward a dugout to try to keep opposing players from rushing the field. He says he was not aiming at anyone.

Entire article: Minor league pitcher who threw ball at fan convicted of one felony count - ESPN Chicago
 
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