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Non-brawl stuff for the Peoria Chiefs. Today is the day they host the Kane County Cougars at Wrigley Field. Chiefs ready for a major experience "Playing in front of (30,000) will be amazing," Chiefs shortstop NateSamson said. "It’s going to be a lot of fun with that big of a crowd being into it." Wrigley to be Cougars' confines tonight Not all of Jamie Richmond’s friends understand just...
... situation didn't take long to escalate on Thursday. Dayton starter Kyle Lotzkar plunked Peoria's NateSamson, the second hitter of the game. In the bottom of the first inning, Castillo hit Zach Cozart, Dayton's second hitter, in the head. Cozart had to be removed from the game.After a Neftali Soto strikeout, Dayton pushed across four runs on three consecutive hits. Then Dayton shortstop...
Beanings, hard slide came before brawl How did it start? Maybe the Peoria Chiefs were angry they had three batters hit with pitches Wednesday night in a 4-3 loss, which ended with Angel Cabrera's walk-off homer. Maybe their anger escalated when NateSamson, their second batter Thursday, July 24, was hit by a Kyle Lotzkar pitch. Certainly the Dayton Dragons and Chiefs realized this wasn't...
July 24th, 2008 — Peoria Chiefs (Cubs) at Dayton Dragons (Reds) The brawl and arrest of Julio Castillo were newsworthy enough, but there’s more to this than what ESPN reported. Full recap + a near 6-minute fan video of the incident after the jump. 1st Inning In the top half, Peoria’s NateSamson was hit by Dayton pitcher Kyle [...]
The game, which ended in a 6-5 Dayton win, had escalated to violence prior to Castillo's criminal actions. After Chiefs shortstop NateSamson was hit by a pitch in the game's second plate appearance, Castillo responded by plunking Dayton shortstop Zach Cozart in the bottom half of the inning. Cozart was forced to leave the game. On the next play, a ground ball caused Castillo to collide...
