Ray Knight threw a right – started a fight
by Jim OMalley • July 16, 2020
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:
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 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.
We need more Mets fights.
ReplyDeleteLet me correct that...
We need ANY Mets fights.
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.
ReplyDeleteIf 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.