I was following the farm system action while watching the big league Cubs game, and here I thought the Brennen Davis homer was going to be the big highlight from the High-A South Bend Cubs game. Or the fact that the Cubs came back from a 7-0 deficit to ultimately win the game.
Nope. It was the benches-clearing brawl – actual brawling occurred – that just went down. It’s rare enough to see any kind of on-field fighting in the minors, but this was on another level.
This is madness, with punches thrown, guys tossed to the dirt, mini doggy piles happening. Heck, you can even see at one point someone from Fort Wayne throws a baseball that hits a South Bend player in the head (after ricocheting off his own teammate?):