Tempers flare, benches clear in Atlanta

8/12/84: In the bottom of the eighth, Craig Lefferts hits Pascual Perez, causing both benches to clear
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[@fencer5411]

They need to make a "30 for 30" about this game.

[@guardianangel138]

absolutely for sure. great call

[@3243_]

They also need to make one about the 1972 Ohio State-Minnesota basketball brawl.

[@woodykelleher9253]

@@3243_ Dave Winfield??

[@ZachGood]

_dangdungding_ What if I told you that you could get hit by a pitch while stepping out of the box? What if I told you that $7 could get you a box seat and first chance to jump into a big league fight? What if I told you that Kurt Bevacqua wasn't having any of it?

[@jerryjustice8026]

Call it basebrawl

[@johnpat3622]

Love how both Lefferts and Perez both move out of the way and let all their teammates do the brawling for them.

[@killyourtelevision999]

The both of them were the most sane about the whole situation.

[@jeffnewman4953]

32 years later still the best baseball fight I've ever seen.

[@LouisPerico]

And some of us are still calling it 'Base-brawl' :)

[@BlakeFerret]

This and the Pacers pistons brawl of 2004 are the best sport fights I've ever seen

[@dennismichealsm3786]

Indeed

[@spider_hoss]

There won’t be another fight like this in baseball again. Different culture.

[@jameswilliams-zr8co]

no

[@gerrythrash6563]

I was at that game. It was a real hot, muggy day, and just walking into the stadium, you just had this sense that something unusual was going to happen. I've never seen anything like that.

[@brettshepherd5240]

Gerry Thrash My now wife was a kid back then...she went to the game with her family. . Missed the fights going to gift shops

[@MikeJones-dd5wj]

Statically, warmer weather is positively correlated with higher crime rates.

[@lefthandedbaker]

I bet! A summer day in either Georgia or San Diego makes people sweat like crazy

[@hillbillykoi5534]

I was there too! I was 10, that game still left an impression on me after these years lol.

[@blindeyedog01]

I watched from San Diego, you could feel the tension on TV. It just was a grey dreary day. 😊

[@RubberClits]

"This one is very close to getting totally out of control." Yeah, I'd say "very close" is an understatement while you have fans entering the baseball diamond like it's the Royal Rumble.

[@willglenn8638]

The royal rumble 😂

[@roymonrreal9608]

It's good to hear Pete and skips voices again... sure do miss those days

[@furnitureconsortium]

me too :-(

[@VisionMusicWorks]

Same. 😔

[@osensory]

RIP Tony Gwynn.

[@rickmontgomery3037]

Ahhhh, the Professor....sure miss him :(

[@jamesdep8128]

I love when Bob Horner just calmly walked out of the dugout to the charging Padre and said nope, not here

[@shnaggletooth751]

It didn't seem possible to outdo the pure craziness of the Cubs/Reds "home run foul" game from back in May of that 1984 season, but the Braves/Padres Mega-Brawl Game somehow managed to do it. MLB in the eighties was wild and endlessly entertaining.

[@hmdave]

These pre-steroid fights had much more passion.

[@jknight1984]

David Hilsenrath the cocaine made up for it.

[@antennae38166954a]

@@jknight1984 Oh my...Aren't millionaire egotistical athletes and drugs a great combination. P. Laubhan, RN

[@bokrusher]

Cocaine...and greenies!

[@fastfunpokerjamie124]

Pre steroid but also pre chem trail spray making everyone female body part

[@JimA-pp2nu]

these were cocaine induced

[@crowtservo]

I thought of this fight tonight after seeing the Reds and Pirates brawl. It was at this level.

[@knpipod1816]

crowtservo not quite but it was same level w/out fans

[@workingclassrunner]

Amazing that despite being targeted and thrown at all four times he came up, Pascual Perez not only stayed in the game but threw 8 innings.

[@ryanbeaulieu2704]

I thought he got pinch ran for?

[@cathyrigby9438]

Rest in Peace Pascual Perez, Donnie Moore, Tony Gwinn and Alan Wiggins.

[@tomg.5873]

And umpire John McSherry

[@davidmeredith4561]

and Champ Summers himself

[@mikedecarlo9057]

And Eric Show

[@BuzzWreck61]

and Bob Watson

[@ryanbeaulieu2704]

And Wade Boggs

[@blazer79]

Remember watching this game on TBS & it was crazy. Perez was thrown at every time he came to bat. The wildest fight filled game I’ve ever seen.

[@joshkeller206]

Bob Horner was such a bad ass. Walks out calmly with his hands down and Summers still tries to avoid him. That’s real respect.

[@Stormsfury777]

With his arm cast

[@dwjoseph59]

This is still the craziest, most legendary, mlb baseball fight/brawl of ALL TIME!! Players, umpires, fans & managers/coaches involved in multiple fights!! Only people that didn't get involved were the camera people & the announcers 😳😳😲😲👍👍👍!!

[@haedyncavanagh]

Wow some of the names out there on that field: Gwynn, Dale Murphy, Joe Torre, Bob Gibson, Gossage, Garvey, Nettles, Chambliss...

[@alonenjersey]

This was the first year that we here in NJ got WTBS as part our basic cable package.

[@kenmills3401]

I watched this live. It was the coolest baseball game ever.

[@janettemcclelland2959]

So did most of America. It was on TBS during the superstation days.

[@jennifursun3303]

want a copy of this game but can't fnd one

[@MrRevphil]

1:51 Even squeaky clean Dale Murphy in the middle of it...

[@quadb6574]

1984. The Padres were no joke that year. Too bad they ran into that buzzsaw known as the Detroit Tigers in the '84 World Series.

[@hectorrios6560]

San Diego just have a heck of a team that year, they kick out the Cubs but The Detroit Tigers beat them.

[@howardcosell2022]

Should have paid Winfield and not traded Ozzie.

[@jennifursun3303]

very sad but true

[@darrellmfume4020]

that fan who through that BEER at 1:18 Priceless/LOL

[@professor1966]

As Gordon Solie would say: "We've got a real Pier Sixer goin' on here!"

[@jaxerman]

That was hilarious how Champ Summers is making a beeline for the Braves dugout. Bob Horner (one solid individual) steps up and all the sudden Champ is like "hey I got no problem with you". yeah, you are about to have one.

[@kch7051]

yea right...Summers was jacked and would have given Horner a good run...far from scared of the guy

[@brettshepherd5240]

Champ could have gotten around Horner

[@mrsignguy1000]

Champ was a Vietnam veteran...not too worried !

[@codycooper2261]

A fan tried to fight Champ! I was 12 at the time and I would have attacked him. He wouldn’t have beaten up a kid like me!

[@bryanjones3089]

@@kch7051 yeah that’s why he ducked from Bob Horner Because summers is so tough 😂😂

[@fernandosalas8589]

one of the best fights in MLB because fans got into it love it.

[@3243_]

The brawl after this one, in the ninth inning, was even wilder. A couple of Braves tackled a fan who ran onto the field and grabbed a bat out of one of the dugouts, Kurt Bevacqua of the Padres got into some real fisticuffs with a couple of Braves fans atop the Padres' dugout roof. This was the most intense baseball brawl I have ever seen.

[@thelugoffgamecock792]

threeby8887 it will never be topped.

[@ratesforless]

Nettles getting speared Bill Goldberg-style by his former Yankee teammate Chris Chambliss...

[@cupchamp5]

Dirty Kurt was swinging at everyone

[@3243_]

CORRECTION: The aforementioned fan who got onto the field tried to steal a batting helmet, not a bat. My bad.

[@nala3038]

This fight is the mother of all baseball brawls, maybe all sports brawls

[@dave09gla]

They had another brawl in the next inning after Donnie Moore hit Graig Nettles. They should have included that with this clip.

[@Bishopspipes]

dave09gla kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJ6Td2R4eZ2Eq8k - here’s more on what you said

[@jefftorres3990]

Big ol' fight and Garvey still didn't get dirty

[@driverdad71]

not a single hair out of place!!!!!

[@edcain3676]

@@driverdad71 LOL

[@biggobot3253]

He was too aloof and too concerned with image.

[@ronrotunno-jh6hw]

His hot wife left him for Marvin Hamlisch

[@spider_hoss]

He was a real life Roger Dorn.

[@denymeling]

Those were great unis for the Padres

[@pelofrusciante77]

this vid is so damn nice.... funny hairs and funny staches, the uniforms, fat umpire rollin on the floor, the tackles, the 80's, the creepy dude with the takedown and then get trampled, the narration..

[@Musicrecords10]

I just realized that same fat umpire was the one who collapsed and died years later

[@pelofrusciante77]

wow... didn't know that..

[@rustykuntz94]

Yep, John McSherry, collapsed & died on the field of a heart attack, opening day 1996.

[@kevynt1958]

John McSherry died on Opening Day in Cincinnati. I was off from work. The angle that the Reds TV network had Big John walking to the center where the umps used to come out and I believe it was only two pitches into the season. Where the camera was behind that entrance caught him going down. I turned on the Reds Radio broadcast and Marty and Joe had the best angle on it because there was a doctor who came down from the stands and was working on his chest. Bad news all the way around.

[@josephtrapani6466]

Yes, John McSherry was overweight, but was a class act and a very good umpire who was one of the best calling balls and strikes.

[@johnm7586]

That pitcher got away from the mound in a hurry 😂

[@MrDeterioration]

Champ Summers was one of 8 MLB players who served in Vietnam.

[@danfouts100]

+Flike I didn't know that. Was Gary Maddux one too?

[@ferenchickfamily2426]

+Steve N Yes, Garry Maddox was one.

[@Lanarkwow]

Geez, I'd expect more from a Vietnam vet...he got nowhere there. He looked stupid...good for him though for serving in Vietnam however .

[@joegarcia9295]

Where can I find this Game ??? I want to keep this video for ever...lol.. . This was awesome when I was 10

[@kgreene104]

Oh yeah Maddox was something back in the day with the Giants and Phillies. Glad he finally got a ring later in his career.

[@shimmeringfairydust3275]

Seeing Dave Dravecky out there makes me so sad

[@jennifursun3303]

it does

[@Jayco34]

Loved hearing the names Ozzie Virgil, Craig Lefferts and Champ Summers..

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

Lefferts should have his face used for the troll photo lol. Drills a guy, then casually walks away as the brawl goes down as a result. Freakin' gold.

[@johnnymullens86]

Manu Ginobilis Bald Spot. He was doing that because he was ordered to step away.

[@TheLuscious]

Lefferts is a pussy. Braves should’ve whupped his ass

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

@DW Palme I know, just like most trolls. But c'mon...he caused ALL THAT SMOKE, and just walked away like he had a 5 foot putt at his local golf course or something.

[@christinaowen1110]

Love how Horner came out and summers just stops lol

[@baronvonnembles]

Except that is not what happened. Sommers continued to try to get past Horner.

[@Rbyrd77]

I think Mr Turners programing director got the Braves mixed up with Georgia Championship Wrestling that day. Rumor was that Ted wanted to put these 2 teams in a main event steel cage match ! 😄

[@totallynotalpharius2283]

RIP Gordon Solie

[@sliver01]

Turner just wanted to show that he can be in the rasslin' business too! lol

[@danfouts100]

I can still remember going to grandma's house and thinking what am I going to do there today. Good thing she had WTBS. Best scrap ever!!!

[@westcoastfishing2768]

Steve N Coolest game for me would be a comeback walk off grand slam for my home team rather then watching a shit show of a fight. But I will admit, this would of been pretty damn good to see in person!

[@brettcox2226]

You wouldn't think that Tony Gwynn would be into a fight like this, but he is and he even tackled someone. RIP Tony Gwynn

[@Friarjohn1971]

When the fans get involved in the fight on the field it becomes epic!!

[@mrg8581]

Never see fans get involved in a fight again. Baseball don't have fights like this anymore. And even if they did, fans be too busy recording fight with their cell phones to get involved

[@sahump1]

I am a Reds fan but I loved watching the Braves in the 80's on TBS and remember this game and all of these guys. The Padres threw at Perez every single time!

[@p.ipebomb]

It was Atlanta who hit them first but they cut it off?? We finally hit them back and that's when the brawl broke out 😂

[@TheVCRTimeMachine]

This is only half of the story. Perez got thrown at TWICE before this one. And the benches emptied, Perez ran around with the bat in his hands trying to fend of Terry Kennedy, he got thrown at again and the pitcher was tossed, and then Lefferts came in and threw at him. Then Nettles got plunked in the 9th and it all started up again.

[@jll9916]

I think it was 3

[@jojogunn7077]

+GBev2K16 Pascal Perez died of Aids he got from Alan Wiggins.

[@TheVCRTimeMachine]

JoJoGunn Actually, Perez was beaten to death with a hammer.

[@rustykuntz94]

+GBev2K16 Perez was a POS & a hot dog, EVERYBODY hated him, BUT...being thrown at 4 times in 1 game, enough Padres, jeez. Talk about overkill. And that meathead Champ Summers, what a douche, he probably outweighed Perez by 75 lbs, he got a beer right in the face. HAHA

[@randolphpaige5446]

+Vincent Cuttolo... All very true, I remember Torre ripping into Williams after the game.

[@matador6461]

I love how the guy in the yellow pants at 1:18 actually tries to be the difference maker. My oh My oh My....

[@josephwalfish6991]

Lololol

[@dtc8249]

About 160 lbs of fury kicking and stomping

[@ecjraj]

At least he didn't lose his cool way too thick glasses.

[@johnguedel7119]

Oh that is priceless! I missed that!

[@baronvonnembles]

Yes, a prize doofus. I'm not sure what's worse, jumping into a fight between a bunch of guys who could each break you in two or wearing those pants in public.

[@soulcornflake1]

I think after this game all the MLB stadiums changed their rules about selling beer past the 7th inning.

[@robertparish7655]

I love how Goose just stood there like calm down, you ain't gonna do a damn thing!!!!

[@stevedrums1675]

Loved watching some of the old Yankee team mate scrum a bit like Gossage and Chambliss and Watson & Nettles.

[@jefferyrobertson7520]

Atlanta Braves was member of national League West Division from 1970 through 1993 era

[@trajan0707]

I remember this, I was living in Atlanta and watching the game. WOW,,talk about a brawl, this is it..lol

[@raymundotorres6905]

Best baseball brawl in history, never seen anything like it!

[@jackkitchen737]

Those fans should've gotten free tickets for the rest of the season. Standing up for your team baby!!!! One of the greatest games ever played. Take Me Out To The Brawl Game!

[@keithbramstedt4511]

I remember when this brawl happened in '84. It was unreal, just kept going on and on.

[@blindeyedog01]

I grew up down Highway 15 from Jack Murphy Stadium back when this game happened. It was a great year for Padres' baseball, but this was the worst day of the season. Watched on TV, pure madness.😑😑😑

[@robertthomas2601]

Underrated brawl. Had everything. Fans. A bat boy.

[@Midlanflyguy]

And that poor fan going to jail wearing yellow pants 🤣

[@robertthomas2601]

@@Midlanflyguy Banana Pants is a MLB brawl legend.

[@ATLTomcat]

If I remember correctly this was a Sunday Day Game and it started about 1pm and it did not end until almost 7 pm. The crazy thing was, it was a 9-inning game. I was at home watching this game with mom at the time it was on Channel 17 (Superstation, remember that?) Braves won that game and the announcers said at the end the game, "Now we can all go home!

[@danielkelegian5306]

The video is missing the last brawl which took place in the bottom half of the ninth.

[@frasefra5297]

I can't find a video of all of the fights from this game. There are at least two more. They thru at P. Perez all four times he came to bat. I'm all for retaliating, but that's crossing the line. Plus, the guy he hit in the first was hit in the ribs and stayed in the game.

[@drbencasey]

Perez was a head-hunting dirtbag and he deserved what he got.

[@Stormsfury777]

Vincent Cuttolo the Braves reliever was Donnie Moore and he plunked Craig Nettles. Yeah they should have included that brawl too. It was just as crazy as this one. I saw this game on TV and it just seemed never ending non stop brawling... as a result of this game, the no beer sales after the 7th inning was instituted.

[@shipofthesun]

Horner stepping in front of Summers and taking him down with a broken hand. Badass.

[@kenperk9854]

I was very proud of Horner that day. Broken hand? F-it, I'm going out there!

[@jamesrfb]

Bob Horner walking out of the dugout (after telling the National Audience he was headed there) is the most “pro wrestling thing” I have ever seen….in any sport.

[@TutosHD007]

I would pay 100000 dollars for back in time and watch it at live.

[@dennisneal5817]

Watched this game with a buddy of mine from the beginning. Perez was a head hunter before this game ever started. Padres mgr. Dick Williams wasn't going to put up with anymore of Perez's antics. Lefferts probably wasn't into hitting Perez but Williams ordered it. Padres jelled after that game and went on to win the 1984 NL pennant

[@daveidmarx8296]

Bob Horner looking especially righteous in his man-perm

[@dpinzow]

1984 was pretty violent in MLB...this brawl, Reds vs. Cubs HR controversy/brawl, Mario Soto vs. Claudell Washington

[@jeromefecto8085]

I remember Perez with the Expos, he was one of a kind

[@MasonsInquiries]

This has to be THE craziest thing i've ever seen!!!

[@bigeric1030]

Claudell Washington, Bob Gibson, Bob Horner, Dal Maxvell, Chris Chambliss, Ken Griffey Sr., Bruce Benedict, Gerald Perry, Brad Komminsk, Dale Murphy(though he’d never actually throw a punch), and Joe Torre? The Braves didn’t win a ton of games, but that was a bunch of big, strong fuckers that I wouldn’t mess with.

[@groofoot]

Five days earlier, John McSherry was in the middle of a brawl at Wrigley Field, between the Cubs and the Mets .... busy week for him!

[@keithandrewbounds967]

I remember that fight like it was YESTERDAY!!!! It makes me sad to know that both Rick Camp of the Braves and Alan Wiggins of the Padres have passed away. God rest their souls.

[@VinnieBoombatz374]

Pascal Perez and Donnie Moore.

[@derekleaberry1199]

@@VinnieBoombatz374 Donnie Moore was a suicide. Very sad.

[@jennifursun3303]

Eric Show too

[@keithandrewbounds967]

Derek Leaberry The Donnie Moore suicide was a HEARTBREAKER to say the LEAST. 😢😢

[@keithandrewbounds967]

jennifur sun Eric Show committed suicide?!

[@JohnLoCicero]

I like that Torre sent Perez in there to hit in the bottom of the 8th after they had been trying to bean him all game.

[@lyeball]

wow, a lot of old familiar names on the Braves from when I used to watch the Richmond Braves as a kid - Tony Brizzolara, Brad Komminsk, Gerald Perry, Rufino Linares

[@kgreene104]

Terry Harper, Larry Whisenton, Brett Butler. Eddie Haas was the mgr and was promoted to Atlanta when they fired Torre. He turned into a huge bust and didn't last the season. During the strike of '81, WTBS aired Richmond Braves games to fill the time slots they originally had for Atlanta games.

[@Scranny]

Interesting, I notice many fans didn't wear their team's jerseys/colors back then, at least relatively to today.

[@erinmsomers]

Team merch was relatively scarce at the time...

[@Bishopspipes]

One of the best baseball brawls I’d never seen before til now!

[@lefthandedbaker]

Love how neither the pitcher and batter had nothing to do with the fight in the beginning Talk about a loyal fan base too haha

[@sr92243]

30 Years ago today, You will never see anything like this again.

[@cmartin1959-qq2mi]

This reminds me of my Mom, we were watching this game.

[@jaketurner3513]

Was just led here by Gary Cohen and Ron Darling from a random 2015 Mets game, first time seeing this fight. Amazing

[@transitfan954]

I remember this well. August 12, 1984 was also the last day of the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. I worked for USC (Southern Cal), so I was in the thick of it, I had been working non-stop for almost 3 weeks. During the games, they got housing for me near the campus, but since the games were over, I returned home and saw the highlights of the brawl on the news. IIRC, Dick Williams got a 2-week suspension (or something like that). The week of August 19th, I had a vacation and went down to San Diego to see the Padres play the Mets, and Dick was still serving his suspension. I saw an article in the paper showing Dick in street clothes watching the game from the press box. Not sure who the interim manager was for the Padres. Oh yeah the game, Mets won 5-2. Dwight Gooden pitched a complete game, 2 runs on 3 hits, 9-K, 0-BB . :)

[@johnbishop2949]

Someone needs to post the whole game

[@ChrisDutch]

McSherry was also in the middle of the brawl involving the Cardinals and Giants two years later. Umpiring can be a contact sport, I guess.

[@VioletDeliriums]

1:22 Security guard has chokehold on a fan in top right corner.

[@AEMoreira81]

That actually looks like a fan who is pulling down Champ Summers.

[@tommyfu9271]

i thought this champ summers guy was some 55 year old coach going nuts until i looked him up

[@LEFTaTIP]

Someone below mentioned how many of the players were skinny, well pre steroid days.

[@johnathanpatrick6118]

Dammit...why did I have to be born in November of 1984?? This was probably the best basebrawl in MLB. And we've seen plenty. I wish I could have seen this live...sounds like this was televised on TBS or something.

[@vicmackey8282]

It was televised live on TBS. Back then (I was 12 years old) Ted Turner owned The Braves..and would show almost every Braves game on TBS (this was way before ESPN, FoxSports are channels, The MLB Package, etc. started showing games). Turner used The Braves to fill out programming on TBS ("Sanford and Son" used to come on right before every Braves game during the week at 6pm central time....at The Braves would follow at 6:30pm central time). That year, The Braves started off promising, challenging The Padres early. However a plethora of injuries (slugging third baseman/clean-up hitter Bob Horner breaking his wrist on a pitch thrown inside earlier in the year) really killed our chances. By this game..we were well out of it. However we showed some FUCKING HEART that day by standing up to the BULLY Padres! Fuck wanna be tough guy/THUG Champ Summers! I wanted Bob Horner to BEAT HIS ASS (some fans jumped in and did it, lol). I was like BEAT HIS ASS! Fucking Padres were WHINY LITTLE BITCHES that day!

[@howardcosell2022]

Pascal had a reputation. Pirates-Dodgers game in the early 80's, both teams ran off the field and disappeared from sight. Perez walking to the dugout after throwing inside all game, challenges injured Dodger Reggie Smith to meet him under the stands behind home plate. Both dugouts emptied, but not onto the field, instead into the tunnels of Three Rivers Stadium

[@kjchicago1]

What A Rhubarb This Was in Atlanta

[@robertstaples1647]

My favorite MLB brawl of all time

[@peterrichards931]

Pretty sad when the fans attack someone.

[@pigalow2002]

I remember this. This was maybe the longest brawl I've ever seen. So many different guys mixing it up.

[@robertstaples1647]

My favorite all time MLB brawl

[@jasonwebb3727]

This is what’s missing in sports in 2023. Zero passion from the athletes and consequently I care a bunch less.

[@mikedelgado4375]

The police should arrest that fan just for wearing those yellow slacks.

[@KTF0]

Damn this is the first I'm hearing about this brawl. This was awesome. It had everything.

[@MrJking065]

I watched it live on SuperStation WTBS. I am a old braves fan.That is still flying high from 1995.

[@casheasy]

One of the greatest baseball games I have ever seen. I remember watching this as a teenager and screaming at the tv like it was a wrestling match lol......Awesome.

[@danielkelegian5306]

KING KRUSH Where is the rest of it?? Nettles got plunked in the ninth inning and the whole thing kicked off again!!

[@garyrasberryjr.552]

Considering the game was on WTBS, home of Georgia/World Championship Wrestling, not a surprise. Horner looked like a slimmed down Dusty Rhodes.

[@davidyoung4115]

Hell yeah, Bob Horner! Damn that wrist.

[@toddyoung5088]

I can't believe fans got involved in a bench clearing brawl. That was a wild crazy bench clearing brawls ever seen.

[@xylynthian753]

Look up Malice at the Palace. It's an NBA brawl with multiple players fighting against multiple fans.

[@toddyoung5088]

That will be one of most wild bench clearing brawl in history of baseball.

[@BabyFaceAlTu]

My Yankee Torre just keeping his composure

[@VioletDeliriums]

1:17 The yellow pants and white shirt are a hoot -- it looks like he just came from the golf course and the frozen yogurt bar. He probably drove a Mercedes-Benz with a Six Flags bumper sticker on it to the game. I'll bet people in Atlanta still dress like that.

[@blake7871]

Ha!!! That's hilarious! good observation!

[@aarond23]

This one is like fine wine, gets better every year...

[@KParks]

What happened to the fan that jumped down and started fighting with them that shit was epic!

[@jennifursun3303]

kparks24 arrested

[@jfalconredskins]

jennifur sun What happened to the guy who threw the beer?

[@jennifursun3303]

John Falcon arrested and fined probably

[@wadegarrett2053]

jennifur sun and raped in prison

[@jennifursun3303]

ouch

[@ScottyDinGA]

I remember this well. Watching with my grandparents.

[@elchavaforever7576]

Ese partido lo mire en TV, por los años 1984 o el 1985, por ahi, era yo un niño, No me perdia los juegos de los Padres de San Diego, por el canal 39 y canal 51 de San Diego, aqui en Tijuana.