How the Don Zimmer and Pedro Martinez 2003 ALCS BaseBrawl Came to Be

In 2003, at the peak of Baseball's biggest rivalry between The Boston Red Sox and The New York Yankees, a fight broke out between pitcher Pedro Martinez and Coach Don Zimmer. The fight caused an outpouring of controversy and discussion and sparked the pinnacle of the feud between the teams. This video discusses the context of the incident, the backstory of Pedro vs Zim, as well as detailing the fallout for both men
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Time Stamps
0:00 (IThe History of the Red Sox/Yankees Rivalry)
02:30 (Enter Pedro Martinez)
04:48( Don Zimmer Takes Notice)
07:25 (2003 ALCS Game 3)
09:48 (The Fight)
10:57 ( The Aftermath)
13:38 ( Zimmer and Pedro Reflect)
14:00 (Game 7)
14:46 ( Conclusion)
Newspapers cited
The Columbia Record
09-13-1978
The Modesto Bee
10-12-2003
Newsday Nassau Edition
10-14-2003
The Belleville News Democrat
10-13-2003
Books
Pedro by Pedro Martinez and Michael Silverman
The Zen of Zim by Don Zimmer with Bill Madden
Music
Days Are Long - Silent Partner
Body of Water - TrackTribe
Before I Go - RKVC

[@y2retro1999]

Never thought I'd seen that in baseball history ever.

[@PopCultureHyperfixations]

All time wild moment

[@y2retro1999]

@@PopCultureHyperfixations I need to watch Baseball more often.

[@vegetableman4619]

I’m not a huge fan of Piazza, however if I were in his place I would’ve taken that broken bat and do something I would probably like to forget…Absolutely no excuse for THROWING THE BAT AT THE BATTER, lol how hilarious it was to hear Roger or any ESPN-taintsucker try to justify that. It is impossible. I’ll be honest, reinstate Pete Rose and let Clemens rot and shrivel thanks to the roids-also speaking of that, how shitty do you have to be for a PITCHER to be juicing….obviously your legs are the important part-but his confidence must’ve been awful-probably a bad temper Roger? Such a shame, I used to look up to that guy, now we know he’s a drug user and can’t control his temper(even in front of millions of people)

[@PopCultureHyperfixations]

god I hate Clemens