269: The Infamous Baseball Brawl of 1984

Seven Deadly Sinners

Rachael O'Brien

True Crime, Exhibit C, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In one of the wildest afternoons in Major League Baseball history, the summer heat of 1984 boiled over into pure chaos. What started as a few inside pitches between the Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres erupted into an all-out war.

By the seventh inning stretch 17 players and managers had been ejected and multiple fans had been arrested. In this episode Seven Deadly Sinners steps up to the plate for one of MLB’s wildest, weirdest, and most sinful showdowns.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to another episode of Seven Deadly Sinners.
0:22.8	We got Greg Hunter here on the ones and twos.
0:25.3	Boom, Chakalaka.
0:26.3	Yeah.
0:27.1	We're recording in like our new sort of studio space.
0:31.6	Well, it's our new home and studio.
0:34.1	Home studio.
0:35.9	Yes.
0:36.6	But it's been taken over by pets like Blitzy, though.
0:39.7	I think that he thinks that this is his home.
0:41.9	It is his home.
0:43.1	It's our cat.
0:44.5	He slept in it more nights than us.
0:46.7	Yes.
0:47.4	And he's the most athletic cat of all time.
0:51.3	I mean, he could have easily been in this baseball bra.
0:53.7	Spoiler alert. That's what's
0:55.3	going on in this episode. I've never seen a more athletic cat. And I'm a little bit mad at him that
1:03.0	he's killing birds more than he is mice control. He can literally grab them out of midair. And he will
1:10.3	launch from our second story.
1:12.2	It's unbelievable.
1:13.4	You know, 10 feet up and just take him down.
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