3/22/89 Benches clear twice and six players are ejected as the Phillies and Pirates get into a spring training brawl. Gotta love spring training fights.
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Phillies and Pirates have a Bench clearing brawl in spring training

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    On March 22, 1989, Benches clear twice and six players are ejected as the Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates get into a spring training brawl. “It was sort of fun,” said manager Nick Leyva. “I didn’t see any good punches, but we had a few real good pileups. The only problem was we…