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23 interesting facts about the Nolan Ryan-Robin Ventura brawl on 23rd anniversary

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Thursday is the 23rd anniversary of arguably the most infamous brawl in baseball history: the Nolan Ryan vs. Robin Ventura battle at Arlington Stadium in Texas. The two teams had been in a beanball war dating back several years, and things finally came to a head on August 4, 1993.

Ventura laced an RBI single off Ryan in the first inning, then, in his next at-bat, Ryan drilled him in the arm with a pitch. That's when Ventura decided to charge the mound, and boy, did he wind up regretting it.