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Surprise! Sean Rodriguez was punching things and a Joe Maddon team got into a beanball war

The Chicago Cubs won the NL Wild Card game on Wednesday night. But the win was overshadowed by a benches-clearing incident in which Jake Arrieta was hit by a pitch.

While this was your typical pushing and shoving brawl, filled with sound and fury, but ultimately signifying nothing, the one player who stood out was Sean Rodriguez. Hot Rod, a nickname that has little to do with his looks, had to be held back by three teammates during the melee.

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But it was when Rodriguez got back to the dugout when he went berserk, throwing a bunch of haymakers at a Gatorade cooler.