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23 years ago today, Nolan Ryan beat the crap out of Robin Ventura

Related Topics: Robin Ventura, Nolan Ryan, Joe Niekro

Some things in baseball are too funny to die.

The home run off Jose Canseco's head. Joe Niekro casually trying to discard a nail file without the umpires noticing. A-Rod pretending he didn't slap the ball away.

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But perhaps the granddaddy of them all happened 23 years ago today — Aug. 4, 1993 — when Nolan Ryan beat the crap out of Robin Ventura.

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