A fight between Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson and Cleveland Guardians third baseman José Ramírez sparked an all-out brawl between both teams on Saturday night in Cleveland.
The truly outrageous, lengthy brawl started in the bottom of the sixth inning with the White Sox leading the Guardians 5-1. Ramírez slid into Anderson at second base, with the umpire calling Ramírez safe, but the two started exchanging words the second Ramírez slid into second.
That turned into Anderson and Ramírez getting into boxing stances and throwing punches at each other. An umpire tried to break up the fight, but as soon as the fists when up, he quickly left the equation.
As you could imagine, all pandemonium broke loose after that, as the brawl eventually extended to both dugouts.
It’s perhaps the wildest moment of the MLB season so far.
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Like, this is just everything you don’t want to see in a baseball game. The game eventually resumed, but you can imagine the main league office will be furious about this. Suspensions and fines feel like a guarantee at this point for both teams, particularly for Anderson and Ramírez.
TA vs JRam. 🥊🥊 pic.twitter.com/Mm57xN88ZA
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) August 6, 2023
José Ramírez, Right Hook Mechanics (slow) pic.twitter.com/PUCTFRr2a5
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) August 6, 2023
The game also had a historic amount of ejections from both sides.
There have been six ejections handed out between Guardians and White Sox.
It's the 4th game in the last 20 seasons in which both managers and at least one player on each team were ejected.
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Apr 23, 2006 – Giants… pic.twitter.com/InVjh4DdX4— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) August 6, 2023
MLB fans seemed genuinely stunned by the brawl (and how the umpire seemingly got out of the way so the two could box) as it played out on live television for everyone to see.
That is one of the nastiest brawls we have seen in MLB in years https://t.co/FMQbFS0gkw
— Jason Deger (@Jasondeger) August 6, 2023
Fight Night at the intersection of Carnegie and Ontario. https://t.co/MdnpU8Bcgk
— Shaun Elliott (@selliottWLWT) August 6, 2023
duuuude https://t.co/3gZeFjIxAE
— Bix (@bixin29) August 6, 2023
10 minute majors to both https://t.co/IHW8Af7K60 pic.twitter.com/gt9m51a4QK
— Steph (@stephaniedmv) August 6, 2023
HOLY SMOKES THEY REALLY SQUARED UP AND GOT TO BOXING https://t.co/hOrB52n2iQ
— local bIogger (@fergoe) August 6, 2023
— Bob Greenburg (@BobGreenburg) August 6, 2023
Losing my mind at the umpire realizing that they're actually going to square up and immediately transitioning into a boxing referee https://t.co/CIbr44mAyX
— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) August 6, 2023
the bullpen having to run 3 miles and showing up after everything is over is killing me https://t.co/qsdv66lxfF
— Brian Floyd (@BrianMFloyd) August 6, 2023
Great performance from the ump during the Jose Ramirez-Tim Anderson fight.
“Come on, fellas. Knock it off. Oh, you’re gonna fight? Well, just lemme just get out of your way then.” https://t.co/9mlxiQ4ZJU
— Mike Beauvais (@MikeBeauvais) August 6, 2023
There have been a lot of “That’s so White Sox” moments this year but I think this is the best I’ve ever seen https://t.co/chkqeD9Wku
— Payton J. Havermann (@paytonisnotroll) August 6, 2023
This ump played this just like a hockey ref. Tried to calm them down, wasn’t working so he dipped and let them go lol https://t.co/guscHqdL7T
— Sean (@phillyspectator) August 6, 2023
— Sam Olbur (@SamOlbur) August 6, 2023
there is so much to unpack in this video https://t.co/M0osRjiRgo
— maddie (@maddiecholette) August 6, 2023
Holy cow. https://t.co/4mp7NUvVgl
— LanceMcAlister (@LanceMcAlister) August 6, 2023
Our live reaction. https://t.co/I4FAuruUn2 pic.twitter.com/tIJcxin2jy
— jack (@jackbranca) August 6, 2023
This is the most hockey baseball moment of all time. https://t.co/psksj6YPWs
— Hänsel (@UberHansen) August 6, 2023
