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Reactions to the Royals-Blue Jays bench-clearing on Sunday

People are mad.

The Royals and Blue Jays cleared the benches after a chippy Sunday afternoon game that saw Josh Donaldson plunked in the first inning and Alcides Escobar plunked in the eighth in retaliation for Donaldson getting pitched inside all afternoon. After the Escobar plunking, both benches cleared, leading to ejections for Blue Jays manager John Gibbons and coach DeMarlo Hale.

Here are the incidents to set everything off.

"He’s a little baby," Volquez said. "He was crying like a baby."...

"He started looking at me like I was trying to hit him with a fastball," Volquez said.