Cubs farm team brawl
                   
chicagotribune.com     Jul 25, 2008            

The Peoria Chiefs will be at Wrigley on Tuesday DAYTON - Fifteen players and both managers were ejected, a fan was sent to the hospital, and one player was arrested after a 10-minute bench-clearing brawl in the first inning between the Peoria Chiefs and Dayton Dragons on Thursday night in the Class A Midwest League. Peoria Chief pitcher Julio Castillo was arrested and charged with felonious assault for allegedly throwing a ball that hit the fan during the fight. Video from the game shows Castillo throwing the ball angrily but doesn't show where the ball landed. Castillo was arraigned by video from the Montgomery County jail on Friday and ordered held on $50,000 bond. Dayton Municipal Judge Carl Henderson also required Castillo to surrender his passport. Dressed in jail blues, Castillo stood with his arms folded behind his... [read full story]                    


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