The Sox held their own in a 1957 brawl with the Yankees.
Sox players are mainly remembered for being on the receiving end of blows. The lingering image is Robin Ventura getting pounded by Nolan Ryan. Threatening to rival that image is the recent toppling of Tim Anderson by Jose Ramirez.
by signing up you agree to our terms of service The Sox mounted their own threat in their half of the frame. With one out, Nellie Fox walked and then advanced to second on a Minnie Minoso single. After Yankee starter Art Ditmar retired Lollar on a flyball, Larry Doby stepped up to the plate.
News photographers captured the bench- and bullpen-clearing free-for-all in the next day's papers. You can see umpire Larry Napp trying to separate Doby and Ditmar in one picture. In another, you see Doby landing the punch with his left fist, as White Sox first baseman Walt Dropo and Yankees third baseman Billy Martin rush toward the combatants.
For their part in the fight, Doby, Dropo, Martin and Slaughter were tossed from the game, which the Yankees won 4-3, cutting the Sox AL lead to four games. During that time, he said, his idol was Minoso -- he retreated to a bathroom and broke down crying when he learned that the Sox traded Minoso to Cleveland.
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