Kirk Gibson

8 suspended for Dodgers-Diamondbacks brawl

2013-06-14 10:30:00

Major League Baseball announced the suspensions this morning of five players, two managers and one coach in the wake of the Dodgers-Diamondbacks brawl during Tuesday night’s game at Dodger Stadium. Arizona pitcher Ian Kennedy, who hit Dodgers...

Ian Kennedy suspended 10 games for throwing at Dodgers' Zack Greinke

2013-06-14 10:48:00

Ian Kennedy of the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday was suspended 10 games for throwing at the Dodgers' Zack Greinke, the event that triggered an on-field brawl between the teams Tuesday at Dodger Stadium. Of the eight suspensions announced by Major...

MLB suspensions are serious business, but Dodgers get a laugh

2013-06-14 22:11:00

PITTSBURGH — The Dodgers reacted with bemusement and amusement Friday after Major League Baseball issued eight suspensions to Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks personnel for their roles in a violent brawl during the teams' game Tuesday night at...

Baseball can no longer accept that fighting is a part of the game

2013-06-12 23:01:00

In the wake of Tuesday night's street fight at Chavez Ravine, longtime fan Janet Ochoa sent the Dodgers an email. "You should be ashamed of yourself for your bench-clearing brawls," it read. "Thanks for ruining what used to be fun family time." Her...

A look at the makings of Dodgers-Diamondbacks rivalry

2013-06-12 20:39:00

The Dodgers and Diamondbacks seem an unlikely rivalry. The Giants, that every one understands. The Yankees, certainly. Even the Padres. But the Diamondbacks? A team from the Arizona desert managed by Dodgers World Series hero Kirk Gibson? Sorry, it&...

Dodgers' bumbling, brawling enough to spoil a columnist's vacation

2013-06-13 00:00:00

I am supposed to be resting after a trying week of golf in the Lake Tahoe area. But my blood is boiling, the Dodgers are infuriating and so why do we let our youngsters watch baseball? I begin with Monday night. I like listening to Vin Scully. He...

Watch the Dodgers-Diamondbacks brawl from Tuesday night

2013-06-12 08:17:00

� The Dodgers and Diamondbacks decided to take a page from WWE and spice up their game Tuesday night after a series of hit batsmen. First, Arizona pitcher Ian Kennedy hit Yasiel Puig in the face with a ball. Puig was on the ground for a couple of...

Dodgers, Diamondbacks brawl after Zack Greinke is beaned

2013-06-11 22:00:00

And then things got really heated. A genuine baseball brawl broke out, with punches and scrums and plenty of anger. After Ian Kennedy�hit Yasiel Puig in the nose with a pitch in the sixth, the next inning Zack Greinke immediately hit Miguel Montero in...

Kirk Gibson discusses the Dodgers-Diamondbacks melee [Video]

2013-06-12 07:10:00

The brawl between the Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night was pretty eventful, as baseball fights go, with Dodgers batting coach Mark McGwire taking on Arizona Manager Kirk Gibson and batting coach Matt Williams, Dodgers pitcher J.P....

Yasiel Puig battered and bruised, but still going against Arizona

2013-06-11 21:31:00

Maybe he really is the Man of Steel. Yasiel Puig is having himself an interesting night in his ninth major-league game. If you count bum legs, four-strike outs and getting hit in the nose with a 92 mph Ian Kennedy fastball. Hearts stopped Tuesday...

Dodgers rally in eighth to beat Diamondbacks, 5-3

2013-06-11 22:35:00

Wild, scary, a bit on the crazy side, yet ultimately for the Dodgers, maybe their sweetest victory of the season. After an old-fashioned baseball brawl in the seventh that led to five ejections and plenty of heated Dodgers, the Diamondbacks came back to...

Dishwashing accident costs Diamondbacks' Ian Kennedy

2013-05-27 00:00:00

Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Ian Kennedy will miss his next start after cutting his right index finger while washing dishes last week. Kennedy was scheduled to start one of the games Monday in a doubleheader against the Texas Rangers but will now be...

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 11, 2013: Los Angeles Dodgers hitting coach Mark McGwire and Arizona Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson grab each other by the collar as Los Angeles Dodgers left fielder Jerry Hairston Jr.

2013-06-12 23:59:00

Dodgers batting coach Mark McGwire and Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson both received suspensions.

2013-06-11 00:00:00

Arizona Manager Kirk Gibson, left, Dodgers coach Mark McGwire, the Dodgers' Jerry Hairston Jr. and Arizona's Willie Bloomquist during Tuesday's hostilities.

2013-06-11 00:00:00