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Dec 8, 2013 · Two pictures tell the story. MORE: Thanksgiving and the birth of indoor baseball. On Aug. 22, 1965 in San Francisco's Candlestick Park, one of the most shocking brawls in MLB history unfolded. The ...
Apr 12, 2020 · On August 22, 1965, Juan Marichal struck John Roseboro over the head with his bat, opening a gash two inches long, inciting a 14-minute bench-clearing brawl, and forever linking the two men. But ...
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Apr 21, 2014 · The stadium scoreboard listed highway exits closed by the rioting. The day the city imposed martial law, Aug.14, Dodgers ace Sandy Koufax won his 21st game, but the violence had almost rendered baseball irrelevant to Johnny Roseboro, the team’s catcher and a black man living in south central Los Angeles.
Aug 23, 2015 · San Francisco pitcher Juan Marichal (27) swings a bat at Dodgers catcher John Roseboro as Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax, right, tries to break it up on Aug. 22, 1965.
6× All-Star ( 1958, 1961 – 1962², 1969) 3× World Series champion ( 1959, 1963, 1965) 2× Gold Glove Award (1961, 1966) John Junior Roseboro (May 13, 1933 – August 16, 2002) was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1957 until 1970, most prominently as a member of the Los ...
