Boom Goes the Dynamite!

The Brawl to End All Brawls

By Ryan Frisco

So here we are, middle of March.  Spring is in the air.  The MLB is back to the diamond.  Everything's right with the world.  So, it just makes sense to have all of the countries come together for the World Baseball Classic.  Have a nice friendly baseball tournament, sort of like the FIFA World Cup in soccer or the Olympics.  Everyone gets along, right?  Uhh, well let's watch the below video and see what happened.

(If you want to get right to the action skip to the 1 minute 15 second mark)

Wow.  Did not see that coming.  So Canada and Mexico are in a tight grudge match...wait, what's that?  Oh, the score was 9-3?  Why in the world were emotions so high? Why were guys throwing at each other? 



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So, in the rules of the World Baseball Classic, the tie breaker goes to the team that has scored the most runs thus far in the tournament.  In this game, Canada was already up 9-3 in the ninth inning, but proceeded to do everything they could to score more runs, helping them if they were to encounter a tie down the road.  Mexico did not take too kindly to this, and the closer Arnold Leon, egged on by third baseman Luis Cruz, threw inside twice to batter Rene Tosoni before hitting him. 

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The rest, as you see, is history.  I can't remember so much violence in one fight before, not since Pedro Martinez shoved Don Zimmer's face in the ground.  All in all 7 players were ejected, and I'm sure have fines coming their way. 

In the end, what is supposed to be a peaceful gathering of nations to play some baseball and entertain the masses turned into a war between Canada and Mexico.  In America, I'm sitting smack dab in the middle of the pair.  I wonder which side the USA should take?  C'MON GUYS!