![]() ![]() Even if he is able to avoid legal troubles, Jackson is unlikely to play the rest of the season. Jackson, on crutches afterwards, was questioned by police but not arrested. “All I remember is seeing the brawl from right field, then the next thing I remembered was lying in the dugout in tremendous pain.” I don’t know anything about the gun,” a stunned Jackson said after the game. “I honestly have no idea how I got in that situation. Before Jackson could fire the gun, a woman fell from the reserve level directly onto him, knocking the weapon away. Jackson during the seventh-inning stretch brawl uprooted second base to reveal a hidden gun, then marched over to the field boxes and pointed it directly at Queen Elizabeth II. But, AL president Bobby Brown might be busy doling out other punishment from this game. Last year, Twins pitcher Joe Niekro was suspended 10 games for using an emery board to scuff the baseball during a game. ![]() It’s unclear if the American League will crack down on Spiwack despite the lack of ejection. I guess it pays to have an opera singer as the home plate umpire.” “I thought I’d be fine once he found the sandpaper and the power sander, but when Pallazzo uncovered the Vaseline in my cap, I was expected to get ejected. “I thought for sure I was a goner,” Spiwack said, referring to a fourth-inning mound visit from Pallazzo. It was amazing that he lasted even that long. “I could hear a player yell, ‘Kick him in the balls’ from the stands,” Mayor Barkley said of the brawl after the game.Īngels pitcher Dave Spiwack wasn’t ejected for doctoring the baseball, but could still be disciplined by the American League.Īngels starter Dave Spiwack entered with a personal four-game losing streak but pitched six strong innings, allowing three runs in a no-decision. ![]() That incited a massive brawl that resulted in several injuries. The argument got even more heated with Pallazzo pulled out a gun, then ran to tackle Angels right fielder Reggie Jackson in the infield. “It was horseshit,” West said to a pool reporter after the game. The two umpires got into a scuffle that included chest bumping, and Pallazzo ejected both Demps and third base umpire Joe West, believed to be the first time an umpire has ejected another umpire in the major leagues. Creshone was ruled safe at first base by Pallazzo, but Demps called him out for running out of the baseline. The madness ensued when, after reaching on a botched pop fly that brought home the tying run, the Mariners’ Armando Creshone was cut in a run down between first and second base, but with the umpires, specifically Pallazzo and first base umpire Louie Demps. The two teams will play a doubleheader on Sunday. The game ended in a 4-4 tie in a seventh-inning brawl that was both started and ended by Pallazzo, a last-minute fill in for the umpiring crew chief. ![]() The shortened game was a concert of absolute chaos, and the star soloist in the entire affair was Enrico Pallazzo, the internationally renowned opera star turned from home plate umpire to hero. LOS ANGELES, AugThe Angels game with the Mariners on Saturday afternoon ended early amid controversy. (Editors’ note: The recap below is purely fictional inspired by “The Naked Gun” screenwriters Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Pat Proft detailing the most fantastical Angels game never played in baseball history). ![]()
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