Dodgers and Phillies Brawl

I am all for good sportsmanship. There is no place in sports for fighting. So I'll bet you can imagine how distraught I was when the Kansas City Phillies and L.A. Dodgers almost threw punches, spitballs and fireballs at each other tonight.

I am particularly sensitive to this. When I played AAA baseball for the New Mexico Puppeteers, I was known as a natural power hitter from both sides of the plate. Thus I was consistently an innocent victim of being hit by one pitch after another (intentionally) by some of the nastiest pitchers in the league.

One time, Madeline Fitzmorris (the only female pitcher in the league), hit me square in the neck with a 103 MPH fastball. Enough was enough and I charged the mound, bat in hand.

When I reached the mound I pulverized Madeline giving her two fat lips and a pair of bruised ribs. It seemed like a good idea at the time because I released a lot of aggression. But I was also ejected from the game, so in hindsight my actions were obviously quite selfish and obnoxious because my team needed me and I wasn't able to help them.

And not only that, I later realized poor Madeline hit my throat accidentally, not on purpose. So when I was slugging her and puching her in the guts it felt very good but I still have much personal guilt about this episode and always cringe with I see unneccesary pushing and shoving among teams when good sportsman and sportswomenship should be the norm.

I'll get off my high soapbox now.