On this date 22 years ago, Texas Rangers pitcher Nolan Ryan and Chicago White Sox third baseman Robin Ventura were involved in one of the most memorable benches-clearing brawls in baseball history.
There had been some bad blood brewing between the teams for a few years, with tensions reaching an all-time high during one August night in 1993.
White Sox pitcher Alex Fernandez hit the Rangers' Juan Gonzalez with a pitch in the bottom of the second inning, and in the following half-inning, Ryan plunked Ventura. The fifth-year veteran decided to rush the mound a few seconds later.