A Braves player fighting would be a sight to see. I can’t recall for the life of me the last time a Braves player took a swing at anyone. The closest things I’ve seen were Ramon Ortiz plunking Francoeur, and Jeff taking his dear sweet time taking first while glaring and barking obscenities at him. And when Chuck James was getting shelled by the Mets, he took his frustration out on Oliver Perez and threw at his head, which Perez retaliated by doing the same. OH, and how could I forget last season, when Ted Lilly grazed Edgar Renteria’s chin, Renteria having to be intercepted at home plate from going to the mound before taking his base while Lilly was tossed, and then Renteria immediately stealing second, while forearming Mike Fontenot in the face on the slide pop-up.

Out of the current roster, I can’t really see many of them actually getting into a fight. Maybe Francoeur, out of all the starters, but I see more guys like Escobar, Gotay, or perhaps Corky Miller getting into a scuffle. If Moylan weren’t hurt, I’d be willing to put money on him in a fight, because he’s a big guy, and with all those tattoos, little stings wouldn’t bug him the least bit. But I could never see guys like Lillibridge or Blanco fighting. . .

I remember a fight many moons ago when Ryan Klesko ran out onto the field to join in a fray that had already started. The thing I remember most is Skip Caray describing how Klesko ran out there, was the biggest guy on the field, and was just picking guys up and tossing them off the pile to get to his teammate on the bottom. Classic.

And Otis Nixon spiking Wally Ritchie of the Phillies for plunking him. Man, I remember that bloody, torn jersey! That was June 8, 1991

And then Glavine getting tossed for throwing at Dale Murphy on June 20, 1991. I found this write-up about it….look at the names!

“Tom Glavine got his 11th victory but lost his complete game when he was ejected for brushing back Dale Murphy as the Atlanta Braves broke a five-game losing streak today with a 9-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.
Glavine allowed just 4 hits through 8 innings and had 12 strikeouts, a high in his career. He was ejected from the game by home-plate umpire Bob Davidson for throwing at Murphy, who was leading off the ninth.
In the top half of the inning, Phillies reliever Roger McDowell was ejected for hitting Otis Nixon in the shoulder after Terry Pendleton had driven in a run with a two-out single.”

Anyone remember like around 98-99-00 when Eddie Perez attacked Paul Byrd (I think I have those names right) when Byrd came up to bat in Atlanta? I cannot remember all the circumstances, probably cause its been like 10 years, but anyone else who can fill in the details…..that would be great!