Most Exhilarating Brawls In New York Yankees History
October 9th, 1977
This day in 1977 was game five of the American League Championship Series between the Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees.
Right out of the gate, the aggressiveness began when George Brett tripled in a run in the bottom of the first inning. Brett took a hard and aggressive slide into Graig Nettles.
Immediately following the slide, Nettles took it upon himself to kick Brett which was the birth of a bench-clearing brawl in Kansas City.
The Yankees ended up prevailing in the ballgame thanks to four combined runs in the final two innings of play.
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