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Mets360 - Ray Knight threw a right – started a fight

Ray Knight threw a right – started a fight

On July 22, 1986, the New York Mets played a road game against the Cincinnati Reds.  Bobby Ojeda started against rookie Scott Terry.  The Red led 3-1 with two outs in the 9th inning when Dave Parker dropped what should have been the final out of the game. 

In the 10th inning, pinch-runner Eric Davis stood on 2nd base, after Pete Rose had hit a pinch-hit single.  Ray Knight was the Mets’ third baseman.  What happened next has become one of the team’s most memorable brawls. Here’s the YouTube video:



At 10 seconds in: Davis breaks to third while Eddie Milner strikes out. 

At 11 seconds in: Knight takes the throw from Gary Carter.  Davis emerges from the slide and faces the first base line and seems to declare himself safe.

2 comments:

  1. We need more Mets fights.

    Let me correct that...

    We need ANY Mets fights.

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  2. That was a donnybrook. Eric Davis was quite a player. I often like to think back as to why a guy missed the Hall of Fame. In his case, he had 8 seasons where he played between 125 and 135 games, none in which he played more, and compiled just 1,626 games in 17 years. 282 homers, 349 steals, but 500-700 games short of putting up enough stats to be considered for the Hall.

    If he had been up 50% more times than his career total of 6,147, he would have been a real Hall consideration, but he just didn't play enough. The other 10 years, he only averaged about 80 games.

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