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I do agree about baseball having the best fights. NFL players have to much padding and helmets for a good punch up. Ice hockey generally doesn’t have enough players but baseball is perfect
Ice Hockey fights are a bit sanitised. Not enough out of control mayhem. Saw the Maple Leafs with a mate who moved to Canada. He pointed out one bloke on each bench and said they were the designated fighter; if one was subbed onto the pitch the other would immediately follow and within a few seconds they’d fight.
Happened exactly like that, and it was mostly grappling anyway.
Basketball fights can be as good as baseball ones; it’s just the bench emptying and everyone charging into the middle that edges baseball for me.
I can’t remember any cricket fights. Chappell and Botham, Warner slapping Root not televised and, somehow, Big GATT managed to stop himself planting one on Shakir Rana....
Lillee v Javed Miandad is the best known one, pretty tame compared to other sports. Miandad hit Lillee for 4, which prompted a display of the sportsmanship that Australia is famous for - Lillee walked into him and then kicked him, at which point Miandad swung his bat at Lillee and Chappell and the umpire quickly intervened.
I won't bore you with the details, which I've recounted on here before. Let's just say, two men with padding and bats came off better than eleven angry fielders.
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