Bryce Harper wasn’t the only baseball player in a fighting mood over Memorial Day weekend.
The Dayton Dragons and West Michigan Whitecaps engaged in a chaotic brawl Sunday during their Single-A Midwest League game. The fracas began when Whitecaps shortstop Daniel Pinero appeared to intentionally step on Dayton baserunner Jose Siri and didn’t end until after the benches cleared and both players were ejected.
A closer look at the video shows West Michigan pitcher Eduardo Jimenez astonishingly using a baseball as a weapon. Jimenez didn’t play in the game, but he took multiple baseballs onto the field during the brawl and fired one into a crowd of Dayton players from just 15 feet away, hitting reliever Jason Stallings.
Check out this pitcher using a ball as a weapon during a minor-league brawl last night: https://t.co/SsgHkCGe7z pic.twitter.com/qe7SNuMBJa
— Mike Oz (@mikeoz) May 29, 2017
Minor League Baseball is reviewing the brawl and could dispense additional justice.
