The All Time Best Baseball Players In a BRAWL team

[mr2686]

I'd like to add an honorary mention of Hank Bauer in the outfield.

[JimStinson]

Bauer WAS a tough guy, WW II , recieved 2 Bronze stars and 2 purple hearts. because of his facial features team mate Whitey Ford used to chide him that he fought the Japanese with shovels

With regards to Juan Marichal who started one of baseball's most famous brawls when he beat catcher Johnny Roseboro over the head with a baseball bat. One of the combatants told me what REALLY happened and in Juan's defense Roseboro was not exactly an innocent by stander. During one of Marichal's prior starts against the Dodgers he had thrown alot of pitches in close and beat them bad. So when he stepped up to the plate to hit , Roseboro "On purpose" threw the ball back to the pitcher so close to Marichal's head it almost nicked his ear. Marichal turned to complain to the ump and Roseboro said "Shut up and hit" to which Marichal complied and started hitting the closest round thing he could find which happened to be Roseboro's head

[Exhibitman]

Al Rosen. Rosen was the 1940 Florida state high school middleweight champion. When one of the Chicago White Sox called Rosen a Jew bastard he walked over to the dugout and asked whoever called him that name to come out. No one did.

[prewarsports]

Going back a ways, I would vote for Charlie Schmidt Detroit Catcher around the turn of the century. He used to entertain people by pounding nails into boards with his mangled and scarred fists and he also used to spar with Heavyweight Champion Jack Johnson. If you had asked this question 100 years ago EVERY response would have been Schmidt hands down. He also beat the crap out of Ty Cobb once too! He was by far the toughest man to play before WW1.

Rhys Yeakley

[mschwade]

I won't go back very far... I'll take Kyle Farnsworth's crazy a$$ on the mound for me any day of the week: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mt0_0k40t4

[Exhibitman]

I'd also take any of the WWII vets who were decorated in battle. Can't beat a war hero for potentially standing ground and throwing down in a brawl.

[Lordstan]

How about Ernie Lombardi for catcher?

While I never heard of him in a fight, I can only imagine that a guy with hands this size would be an asset in a fight!

Plus he was so strong that he once broke 3 fingers of Larry French's glove hand with a line drive.

He may not have been able to catch you, but I think once he got a hand on you it was probably over.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by mschwade

I won't go back very far... I'll take Kyle Farnsworth's crazy a$$ on the mound for me any day of the week: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mt0_0k40t4

Good one! Love the youtube of Farnsworth's fight. Yikes!

[steve B]

For actual brawling I see a bunch of good choices here.

I'd pick Jim Rice. One brawl I saw he wasn't fighting, but was just tapping shoulders and pointing to the dugout. Nobody swung, they just left.

I also heard a story about Boog Powell ending a likely bar brawl by stuffing a local connected hood into an ice cooler headfirst. Yeah, I might want him too

That Schmidt fellow sounds both damn tough and a bit crazy, a fine combination.

Steve B