Yankees – Orioles Bench Clearing Joins Legendary Dust-ups
The New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles don’t exactly like each other right now. And who could blame them?
Both teams are neck-and-neck in the AL East. Both teams have been scuffling of late; the Yankees having not won a series since mid-June against Kansas City. So it was no surprise that both teams would be a little testy on a hot, humid night in Baltimore.
But nobody expected this testy.
In the ninth inning of a game the Yankees were winning 4-1, Yankees closer Clay Holmes hit Orioles left field Harrison Kjerstad in the head with a pitch, prompting both dugouts to clear.
Orioles manager Brandon Hyde took great exception to the drilling, pointing back at the Yankees dugout while catcher Austin Wells was trying to hold him back. There was plenty of pushing and shoving.
Not Much to Say
When asked about the incident, Hyde didn’t have much to say in his post game press conference.
Aaron Boone: Scary in the moment:
Where does this bench-clearing fracas rank among some of the more legendary in Yankees lore? Well let’s look back at a few …
Orioles – Yankees, 1998
Before Friday night’s near mele, these two franchises engaged in one of the more brutal bench clearing fights 25 years ago when then-Orioles closer Armando Benitez drilled Tino Martinez in the back. The benches cleared. Darryl Strawberry went after Benitez and all hell broke loose.
Yankees – Red Sox, 2003
“Who is Kareem Garcia?” That was the statement Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez had for the Yankee left fielder in lite of a brutal mele between these two arch rivals. This was best remembered for Martinez flipping Don Zimmer.
Yankees – Red Sox, 2004
A year later Alex Rodriguez and Jason Varitek went at it at Fenway. Man, this rivalry used to be so intense.
Yankees – Mets, 2021
Considering all the heat from the Roger Clemens-Mike Piazza situation in 2000, there was never any fight between the NYC clubs, although we all remember when Shawn Estes threw behind Clemens in a game in 2002.
Still these two rivals showed their dislike for one another in 2021 when Francisco Lindor and former Met Javier Baez took exception to Giancarlo Stanton rounding the bases.
Yankees – Red Sox, 1967
Here’s an old school brawl between the Yankees and Sox from 1967 when Joe Pepitone and Rico Petrocelli got into a brawl that was precipitated by Red Sox’ Joe Foy getting hit in the head earlier in the game.
Yankees – Tigers 2017
Who could forget this one from six years ago when Miguel Cabrera and Austin Romine got into it in Detroit.
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