CAL@MIN: Grich charges mound, benches empty

4/22/78: After Roger Erickson throws behind Bobby Grich, Grich charges the mound and the Angels and Twins benches empty
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[@toddsands6000]

A Bobby Grich card was one of the first baseball cards I ever had collected. There was something captivating about him as a baseball fan. And then I remembered watching this brawl on "This Week In Baseball." That was a fantastic TV show for baseball fans.

[@shrapnel77]

Grich went beast mode. Solid hitter and even better fielder.

[@mikeareal]

Don Drysdale was just loving every moment of this brawl. Even chuckling at the scene. Dick Enberg just let Don do his analysis! Don loved the intimidation part of baseball! RIP Don

[@alexolvera5150]

Don Drysdale calling this one, great job. R I P Don. He was a master at chin music when he pitched.

[@duran007fan5]

The good old days when players could fight without being thrown out of the game.

[@jjabrony1973]

Rod Carew coming in with the cheap shots at the end when Bobby’s tied up on the ground lol

[@ThePhenomm]

I like how Grich waited for the catcher to go to the backstop so her can go after the pitcher 1 on 1

[@drpenguin4478]

Man, I love and miss Don Drysdale. Still bummed he left us so early.

[@davidcharley92]

​@user-gu4tv4hp6sdude soccer has nothing to do with this so shut up

[@willdrucker4291]

Woww.....@:28....Grich throws a haymaker at then Twins hitting coach and legend Tony Oliva....love the ending when the fans literally "gave it back" to Grich....on another note....great to hear two other sports legends, Dick Enberg and Don Drysdale with the call on the Angels network....

[@roypiper581]

Grich is my all-time favorite Angel. And if they used Sabremetrics back in the day, he would be a huge star. The father of stats, Bill James, said over and over Grich was the most under-rated MLB player in the 80s.

[@PumaPete]

Roy Piper he was my favorite

[@briancarter2847]

I've been told by many, that Bobby Grich was one of the most intense ball players ever.

[@lsmftymf]

If you're talking about "grip the bat so tight the handle turns to sawdust" intense, so true! Carl Yastrzemski & Robin Yount were also similar in that respect.

[@statsrogers9297]

Grich was the epitome of a GAMER.. GRITTY, TOUGH AS NAILS AND ALWAYS PLAYED HARD.. COOL AS A CUCUMBER OFF THE FIELD TOO.. Should be in Cooperstown..

[@rafaelramirez3180]

TEM DOL very true this guy Grich was one of those tough as nails ballplayers that you rarely see in a second baseman 💥

[@davanmani556]

The pressures of being a free agent was getting to him then.

[@roypiper581]

Grich is my all-time favorite player.

[@danajames8889]

Erickson clearly was pissed off at himself for being that wild with the pitch and seemed stunned when Grich charged the mound. I doubt the pitch was intentional.

[@jgarrison1309]

I agree!

[@javtimestwo]

intentional or not, when the ball is thrown behind the hitter, you better believe there was intent with that pitch. Grich was well within his rights to charge the mound

[@Anthony-hu3rj]

@@javtimestwo Intentional or not there was intent? What are you on?

[@joeferguson2606]

i pitched for 30 yrs, I never hit a guy on accident. Big difference between the plate area and behind a guy

[@Bob31415]

@@javtimestwo You say "intentional or not" then you say "you better believe there was intent". What are you trying to say?

[@qthemusicdj]

Man, this brings back memories. I see Grich at the ballpark every now and then and I try to explain to my kids how intense he was. Not sure if I want to show them this video though, LOL. They may see it as the way to play the game.

[@JTDutch]

... I think Carew started going after Grich after Bobby took some swings at Tony Oliva, who Rod was very close with & who he idolized. Carew was pretty subdued when he first went out on the field.

[@PumaPete]

J.T. Dutch Carew was a twin before he was an Angel so that makes sense.

[@georgevincent1834]

Grich was one of the best 2nd basemen ever, and pretty solid with his fists as well.

[@Mr.NoName1972]

I remember Bobby Gritch was involved in another brawl in Texas back in 1983 where he was sucker punching Rangers Wayne Tollison at 2nd base on a hard slide.

[@martinober6345]

Drysdale was a head hunter in his day.

[@JoseMorales-lw5nt]

Just wanted to see how long gone Metropolitan Stadium looked on old color videotape!😂❤

[@Lawomenshoops]

A year later Drysdale and Angels manager Jim Fregosi got into a fight on the team plane. I think Drysdale was questioning the toughness of Jim Barr-who broke his hand after punching a wall or something- thus missing the playoffs. Fregosi, defending his player got mad and they started to fight. Fregosi was kicking Drysdale ass when they broke up the fight.

[@69FOSTER]

Hard to believe Fregosi was kicking Drysdale's ass. Drysdale was at least 6'5'', strong and mean, and Fregosi was 6'1'' and pudgy.

[@jscottrockford]

Is this true? Great story if it is! 😂

[@GeorgeLuzbet]

I wish I had seen Bobby Grich play for the Orioles just for his defense. His defensive stats show that he must've been the best defensive 2nd baseman in the American League when he played for the Orioles.

[@TheLordHighXcutioner]

Thank you MLB for these classic fights. Put up the Angels-Royals riot from the mid 90's.

[@YoScooby]

I loved this era of Angel Baseball. Gene Autry was bringing in free agents giving us long suffering fans something to cheer about. Don Drysdale calling the play by play. I remember watching this game. At 1.54, check the left side of the brawl. Big D starts to say Baylor, then clip cuts away. Never forget it. Drysdale chuckling, says, Don Baylor is pounding on the back of (so and so) like a Tom Tom.

[@djvang]

He brought in over the hill free agents.

[@dougmaclennan8654]

Rod freakin' Carew with the sucker punches when Grich was on the ground. Good stuff.

[@favsa5015]

good old met stadium

[@KHayes666]

Grich was like "I can take you..and you..and you!"

[@thunderleeentertainment1988]

KHayes666: You get a punch! And you get a punch! And you get a punch! Everyone gets a punch!

[@crocks2871]

Yeah and he ran away from the fight when he knew hell was coming after him

[@rae2071]

Erickson kinda played possum, did not even bother to take his glove off, and hit Grich. Grich went crazy while really never mounting any real threat to anyone. When it was done Erickson was still kinda acting like nothing happened. This is a funny one.

[@csmatt7850]

Twins fan reaction. "Look Martha, I think they might be a little bit of a skirmish yuk yuk Ofta Ofta."

[@cheebateam]

0:38 You know Bobby Grich must of been a real a-hole..when #29 Rod Carew takes his chance to throw a few punches....

[@mrlafayette1964]

yeah, he cheap shotted him while he was on the ground being held...classy

[@RS-tz2zn]

Haha...Carew and grinch ended up being teammates the following year with the angels!

[@kongmpls7746]

Grich was a piece of shit.

[@joeferguson2606]

im glad Carew got those cheap shots in, retaliation for grich trying to punch everybody in sight. It wasnt til Carew did that, tough guy grich finally put his hands up like a punk

@@kongmpls7746 But he was my team's POS. Funny how Carew would later play for the Angels.

[@jmiller297]

0:31 Judging by how that baseball cap literally went FLYING, someone must have gotten the SHIT knocked outta them!

[@davidm7982]

J Miller haha, that hat did go flying! Good fight.

[@Capecrusader79]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@sammystate21]

Best part of the fight…… no ejections. Buncha gamers right there. I love it

[@scottlowman.1044]

Carew got a few in!

[@kenlucas7025]

Cheapshots

[@haro82]

They should post the Reggie Jackson vs. John Denny fight from 82 or 83!

[@bowlersinger]

haro82, I believe that was 1979. Reggie was gone after '81.

[@dallasbrubaker6054]

Reggie Jackson was with the California Angels in 1982 and 1983

[@danielkelegian5306]

Its on youtube. Reggie revenge on John Denny 9/23/81

[@martinfelsenfeld6012]

Bobby Grich invented the WWF/WWE that afternoon in Minnesota--lol!

[@LarryRickenbacker]

Grich would be in the HOF had he been a Cub or Yankee. For that matter, I find it unfair that Boston's Jim Rice (while a great hitter!) is in the HOF, but Jim Wynn (who toiled mostly in the Astrodome, a virtual opposite of hitter-friendly Fenway) is not! OK, rant over, let the punches fly, LOL.

[@cheebateam]

+LarryRickenbacker Grich a HOF player?..Come on now.

[@KareemPilot]

Easily... Do some research

[@camicawber]

It's not nearly as crazy as it sounds. He had 8220 plate appearances - which actually isn't that much for a 17-season career, but it's a good sample. He had an OPS+ of 125 for his career. That's the same as Yogi Berra (who had only 8359 plate appearances over 19 seasons) and six other Hall of Famers. Some prominent HOFers with a career OPS+ lower than Grich's: Tim Raines, Ernie Banks, Kirby Puckett, Robin Yount... And his career WAR (70.9) beats guys like Tony Gwynn, Duke Snider, and Willie McCovey. Not that those are the only two things that matter, but those two stats do show that he has a case. More recent players are not as well represented in the Hall as they should be, so I think guys like Grich - along with Lou Whitaker and Ted Simmons, right off the top of my head - deserve another look. Dwight Evans, too.

[@JonahLoeb]

I mean, I guess, if you want the HOF voters to look at nothing but WAR. Grich might deserve a second look as one of the better-hitting second basemen of the expansion era, but Wynn? A power hitter who finished his career with fewer than 300 HR, fewer than 1000 RBI, a .250 BA, an .802 OPS (compared to Rice's .854), below average in every single HOF metric...it just doesn't add up for me. Hall of Very Good, for sure, but not a HOFer.

[@kevaninthe4135]

Jim Wynn, career .250 hitter. Sorry but not a Hall of Famer.

[@TheDOLMET]

That was fucking awesome, Carew taking some swings at his future teammate Bobby Grich.

[@MichaelSimmons.]

Sucker punches while Grich had two or three guys on top of him. I thought Carew had more class than that.

[@brucehauge1391]

@@MichaelSimmons.Oh please, Grich was a class act swinging at Oliva who could barely walk the pos was punching everyone who were just trying to calm him down. Looked like roid rage to me.

[@thunderleeentertainment1988]

Holy jeez! Grich got trucked by that one player!

[@Trebliw8]

LOL they didn't even eject Grich

[@DNSKansas]

Grich was ejected

[@abelincoln5698]

Drysdale got in his share of fights on the baseball field

[@subg8858]

Erickson reacted as if Grich was coming out to have a chat about it

[@homerun8032]

LOL...………………………...

[@Revolution1975]

Rare to see the Twins involved in a brawl, at least in recent decades.

[@stevedrums1675]

They actually knew how to fight in in the 70's!! LOL!

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

Yup, the seventies were the decade of high crime. These players were behaving like thugs

[@stevedrums1675]

@@vicepresidentmikepence889 : Thank you, Mr Vice-President!!😂😂

[@antonioacevedo5200]

At :37 seconds, I am surprised that Rod Carew, one of the greatest hitters of his generation, hurled a few punches at Grich's face.

[@beverett417]

Rod Carew became teammates with these dudes a couple years later!

[@loyaldude10]

how did they not eject Grich?

[@willdrucker4291]

@:40....that’s HOFer ROD CAREW popping Grich in the chops..ironically, a year later, they would become Angels teammates

[@davanmani556]

Years later, Scott Erickson wore No.19. Wonder if they are related?

[@keithcarlson7267]

Less than a year later Rod Carew is teammates with Bobby Grich.

[@Shinobi33]

This was one of the better brawls

[@joeschmoe1794]

Love the fans throwing drinks on Grich near the end.

[@hughdismuke4703]

Now that was a good quality fight. They don't make em like they use to. Lol!

[@TheHaloRed]

The irony that Carew threw some punches at Grich....

[@roybuford7538]

then they were teammates on the Angels

[@csmatt7850]

Bombo Rivera got in the best shot on Grich.

[@dacosta0656]

Real fightin'

[@billybobobacious]

00:50 Batboys are out there, lol.

[@steviebrockstar]

Is this a hockey game ? Love it

[@mymindtoyourmind]

almost looked like he waited til the catcher & the umpire were distracted then went after the pitcher

[@terrytyler3139]

now its major suspensions and fines. the idea is to set an example for little kids

[@davidscanlon1244]

Could you imagine the fines and suspensions if this happened today?

[@kennethlucas7473]

What the?

[@stevedrums1675]

Even the bat-boys were out there!!LOL!

[@antonioacevedo5200]

How was it that Bobby Grich was not thrown out of the game?

[@bryancollins3695]

Former college linebacker laid a nice hit on Grich at 00:15.

[@fencer5411]

Who was the Twins player who came out of the dugout and ran full speed into Grich?

[@kevinbuck5816]

And the Twins faithful give Grich a beer shower for his troubles.

[@toscodav]

Grich is lucky they didn't throw any beer bottles like they did a couple years earlier in a Viking game. Hit the ref in the head.

[@shanestrange]

the ads pausing are making youtube unwatchable

[@kencummings953]

Damn! Grich was sucker punched at least twice while his arms were pinned. Yikes! Lyman Bostock was one of the perpetrators

[@chasebest7842]

Grich my family!!!

[@davidtosh7200]

Baseball get to be like ice hockey for bench clearing brawl.

[@sheldoncedwardthibault3599]

Bobby Grich is a goon!

[@lagunabeachoc]

You'll get suspended and your kids arrested these days charging the mound

[@margaretmead1182]

Grinch was one tough SOB from Long Beach

[@eyehatepoker]

Did Grich even get thrown out of the game, lol?

[@storyofcory]

I know that the ball went all the way to the backstop, but whut in theeeee hell was that all about?!?

[@danielkelegian5306]

Hold up!! Grich didnt get tossed from the game??

[@MichaelBecker-px5sy]

Knock em sock em MLB

[@camrynseverson2850]

Just like Sano

[@DiMo28]

Awesome how someone holds you down so others can come in and get free whacks at you.

[@brucehauge1391]

Yeah, that's worse then sucker punching Oliva who was standing one 2 horrible knees and was trying to calm him down. GMAFB.

[@Jleed989]

Hitting a guys face when he has his arms pinned behind him

[@chasedarkflamegaming1108]

ALL... OUT... WAR

[@milart12]

It wasn't even that close--over reaction

[@denelson83]

Bobby Glitch.

[@stevec6965]

what the hell was all that about?

[@markschirripa3607]

It was clearly an accident. Save it for when it's intentional.

[@kyleholmes3742]

Wow, baseball has gone soft.

[@kyokogodai-ir6hy]

Roid rage.

[@andrewoliversatchell1963]

LOS ANGELES DODGERS 2 BOSTON RED SOX 1 CINCINNATI REDS 1 MILWAUKEE BREWERS 1 COLORADO ROCKIES 1 aos:COPYRIGHT:1107140 GATINEAU QUEBEC CANADA

[@gabrieltoldme5308]

Grinch said after, he regretted it because he took a double forearm to the face. Then took two off the forehead at the bottom of the pile.