JUPITER, Fla. • Friday night's ejection of Astros manager A.J. Hinch made national news, considering it came in the first inning, which is odd, and in a Grapefruit League game, which is even more odd.
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But when you have covered baseball as long as Post-Dispatch Hall of Fame baseball scribe Rick Hummel, the bar is rather high when it comes to moments that cannot be topped in terms of history and or general zaniness. Here's the latest example. Hummel once covered a spring training game between the Cardinals and the Phillies that turned into a full-blown fight, body slams included.