Colorado Rockies: The Four Biggest Brawls in Team History

2000 vs. Reds

This brawl started brewing on Thursday night when Cincinnati’s Ken Griffey Jr. and Colorado’s Larry Walker had been hit with pitches. By the time Saturday, July 15, 2000, rolled around, the Reds and Rockies were at the boiling point.

Griffey was plunked again on Saturday, this time by Colorado’s Stan Belinda (a former Red, by the way) in the top of the seventh. Glares were exchanged but that was about the extent of it … for the moment.

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However, when Cincinnati’s Scott Sullivan hit Brian Hunter with a pitch in the bottom of the inning, the fight was on. Hunter charged the mound and ended up with the worst of the exchange as Sullivan threw three quick punches and pinned Hunter to the ground. Both benches and bullpens emptied as plenty of shoving and pointing ensued.

“I wanted to go out there, take off my helmet and hit him between the eyes … I wanted to knock his eyeball out,” Hunter said after the game.

Sullivan, Hunter, Todd Helton, and Colorado manager Buddy Bell were ejected.

The Reds won the contest 7-4, completing a three-game sweep at Coors Field. It was the 10^th consecutive loss for the Colorado Rockies.

“Thank God, no one got hurt,” said Dante Bichette, who was a member of the Reds. “I ended up grabbing one of my best friends over there, Terry Shumpert. I saw a guy who was very frustrated.”

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