Noah Syndergaard was unapologetic about throwing high and tight to Alcides Escobar on the first pitch of Game 3 Friday night. The young New York Mets flamethrower used a 96-mph heater to send an old-school message -- dig into the box at your own peril. Given MLB's more recent sensitivity to safety issues, the well-placed brushback pitch has become a lost art, although it was once the favored weapon of some of MLB's most feared pitchers.
Following are 10 who knocked down opposing hitters with regularity. They appear in alphabetical order, with the years they pitched in the World Series in parentheses.