From players getting their ears chomped off in the dugout to wayward birds getting plunked by fastballs, it's been kind of an ugly year in minor league baseball so far.
The trend continued on Saturday night, when the Albuquerque Isotopes and the Reno Aces, the respective Triple-A affiliates of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks, got into a wild, extended brawl.
This, apparently, is how it started:
Isotopes infielder Erisbel Arruebarrena not happy about being thrown at. A few pitches later he struck out, then shoved Aces' Blake Lalli
— Ben Ross (@BenjaminARoss) July 27, 2014
This is how it ended:
10 players were ejected, as well as Reno manager and one-time Padres All-Star Phil Nevin.
Arruebena, an infield prospect for the Dodgers, is expected to face a long suspension for initiating the brawl.
