TORONTO, ON - AUGUST 8: Mitch Moreland #18 of the Boston Red Sox hits a two-run double in the third inning during MLB game action against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on August 8, 2018 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)
Long before they became teammates with the Boston Red Sox, Mitch Moreland and Kevin Pillar were on opposite ends of an epic baseball brawl.
Fighting is rare in Major League Baseball. Usually a scuffle on the field amounts to a lot of squawking and shoving from guys trying to act tough but it typically doesn’t escalate to any real violence.