RIP Bruce Kison.

[Brian Van Horn]

Originally Posted by turtleguy64

Funny how he got that nickname from opposing batters.He would invariably come inside to certain hitters when they batted.Mike Schmidt was one of them.In a game I was watching broadcast from Pittsburgh in the mid '70s,Kison came inside on Schmidt for a ball four.Schmidt was boiling .Slowly walked to first,midway stopped ,pointed his finger at Kison and muttered something.Kison threw his glove down and said C'mon.Schmidt charged,both dugouts emptied,and you know how those brawls ended.This time no one got hurt but Schmidt did all he could to rip Kison apart.

That was part one. Part two was after the game when Kison went into the Phillies clubhouse and confronted Schmidt to tell Schmidt why he pitched him inside.