If the baseball season doesn't fully begin until the first benches-clearing brawl, then the 2021 season officially got underway on Saturday.
Players from the dugouts and bullpen spilled onto the field during the fourth inning of the Cardinals-Reds game at the Great American Ball Park, with the fracas beginning and ending with Cincinnati right fielder Nick Castellanos at home plate.
Castellanos was plunked on the first pitch he saw from Jake Woodford, and seemed to take issue with it. After exchanging words with Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina, he picked up the ball and seemingly offered it to Woodford before tossing it aside.