Fan in hospital, pitcher in jail after minor league baseball brawl

Oeditpus Rex

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Fri Jul-25-08 12:31 PM
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Fan in hospital, pitcher in jail after minor league baseball brawl

DAYTON � Peoria Chiefs starting pitcher Julio Castillo is being held in the Montgomery County jail on a charge of felonious assault for his role in brawl Thursday night, July 24, during a game with the Dayton Dragons.

The jail Website indicated Castillo is being held pending a court appearance, and no bail has been set in the case.

A fan, who was hit by a ball thrown by Castillo during the brawl, was removed from the stands on a stretcher and had to be hospitalized, according to televised reports.

Dayton Daily News

Aaaaaaaand... VIDEO!

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petronius

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Fri Jul-25-08 12:56 PM
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1. A broken leg, a player in jail, and a fan in the hospital - pretty insane

If this becomes standard, baseball may have to revise the 160 game season - or else switch to a last-man-alive format...

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Oeditpus Rex

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Fri Jul-25-08 03:00 PM
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6. The story is wrong about the broken leg

Guzman wasn't injured in the brawl. He and Castillo, the jailed pitcher, collided while going for a ground ball in the first inning, before all hell broke loose.

I'm listening to the archived radio broadcast right now.

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Phillycat

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Fri Jul-25-08 12:58 PM
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2. Hitting the fan was an accident, though.

He was throwing the ball at the opposing team's dugout, and it hit a fan. Which...doesn't say much for his skills with a baseball, but at least he didn't PURPOSELY throw it at a fan.

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siligut

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Fri Jul-25-08 01:26 PM
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3. I agree

I saw him throw, just before the pile on. I think he was aiming at a Dayton player too.

I admit, I like a brawl. However, what led up to this one really seemed like the field was cursed.

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Iggo

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Fri Jul-25-08 02:36 PM
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4. "Intent follows the bullet."

If you throw meaning to hit someone, doesn't matter if you hit the wrong person. He purposely threw it to injure someone, and he goddam well injured someone. That ain't no accident, kids.

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kick-ass-bob

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Fri Jul-25-08 03:03 PM
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7. That fuck should be done for good.

I dunno what kind of jail time he (should) get, but he has no place in sports. If he had hit my wife/children/whatever, he'd be lucky with jail.

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sasquatch

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Fri Jul-25-08 02:44 PM
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5. The looks on the managers faces when he throws the ball is priceless

They literally went from being spittin' mad to being grotesqly horrified.

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