On September 19, 2002, Kansas City Royals coach Tom Gamboa is attacked by two fans while he stand sin the first base coaches box at Comiskey Park in Chicago. The drunken fans, a father-son duo, charged onto the field from the lower deck stands behind first base and tackled the unsuspecting Gamboa, who was knocked to the ground. āI felt like a football team had hit me from behind. Next thing I knew, Iām on the ground trying to defend myself,ā Gamboa said. āIt just happened so fast.ā Ā He suffers several minor cuts, and the father, William Ligue, Jr., and son pair are arrested and charged with assault.
After walking on a 3-2 count, which included pitches sailing over his head to the backstop and a ball being thrown behind him, Dick McAuliffe charges the mound and drives his knee into White Sox hurler Tommy John, causing the pitcherās shoulder to separate. Tommy John (10-5, 1.98) will be lost for the rest of the season, and the Tigersā shortstop is suspended for five games and fined $250 by AL president Joe Cronin as a result of the bench-clearing incident.
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August 22, 1968
