PEDRO MARTINEZ vs DON ZIMMER
NUMBER FIVE
Now I know that this wasn't really a fight by most standards but you have to admit that this is a classic as far as on field scuffles go. How many more times in history do you think you'll see a 72 year old man headed for the turf during a bench clear?
If you recall, the fight began after Pedro Martinez threw behind the head of Karim Garcia in the top of the 4th inning. As Karim Garcia attempted to advance to 2nd base during an Alfonso Soriano at bat, he slid in hard and past the bag knocking down Todd Walker. A shoving match ensued and both benches cleared.
In the bottom of the 4th inning Roger Clemens stepped on the mound and threw a pitch up around the head of Manny Ramirez which prompted Manny to yell and move towards the mound. The benches cleared again, and that was when 72 year old Don Zimmer came rushing toward Pedro Martinez. As we all know, that resulted in Pedro sending Zimmer's fat ass to the turf, and to a memory that most Red Sox fans will never forget.
As entertaining as the game had been up to that point there was still more to come. In the 9th inning a fight broke out in the Yankee's bullpen that reportedly involved a member of the Red Sox ground crew and Karim Garcia. Garcia cut his hand and was removed from the game.
Now that my friends is a memorable ball game!
With all that said, that is why I rank the Pedro vs. Zimmer fight at number five.
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