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  2. List of violent spectator incidents in sports - Wikipedia

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    The KNVB rescinded the red card and ordered the match to be replayed in its entirety behind closed doors on January 19, 2012; Ajax was also fined €10,000 for failing to prevent the fan (who was supposed to be serving a three-year stadium ban) from entering the pitch, and given a suspended one-match spectator ban (not including the replay ...

  3. Bench-clearing brawl - Wikipedia

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    This bench-clearing brawl at Fenway Park in June 2008 began with Boston Red Sox batter Coco Crisp being hit by a pitch from James Shields of the Tampa Bay Rays. [1]A bench-clearing brawl is a form of fighting that occurs in sports, most notably baseball and ice hockey, where most or all players on both teams leave their dugouts, bullpens, or benches, and charge onto the playing area in order ...

  4. Ejection (sports) - Wikipedia

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    A French team handball player being ejected from a match, signaled by the red card held aloft by the referee. In sports, an ejection (also known as dismissal, sending-off, disqualification, or early shower) is the removal of a participant from a contest due to a violation of the sport's rules.

  5. Shining a Light on Night Baseball's Rich 77-Year History - AOL

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    Shining a Light on Night Baseball's Rich 77-Year History EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The magical experience of baseball played under the lights may have been most aptly described by ...

  6. Bill Buckner's 1986 World Series error - Wikipedia

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    The 1986 Red Sox were leading the heavily favored New York Mets 3 games to 2 in the 1986 World Series when Game 6 went into extra innings.For his part, Buckner was batting just .143 against Mets pitching, and he was 0-for-5 in Game 6.

  7. Knickerbocker Rules - Wikipedia

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    Referring again to card-playing terminology, a "hand" is now called an "at-bat", or more generally, the progression of a specific batter and/or runner, at bat and/or around the bases. This is a fundamental difference from baseball's cousin, cricket , in which all of the batsmen take their respective turns at bat in a single innings.

  8. Jeffrey Maier incident - Wikipedia

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    On October 9, 1996, the Yankees trailed the Orioles 4–3 in the bottom of the eighth inning when shortstop Derek Jeter hit a deep fly ball to right field. Right fielder Tony Tarasco moved near the fence and appeared "to draw a bead on the ball" [4] when the then-12-year-old Maier clearly reached over the fence separating the stands and the field of play nine feet below and snatched the ball ...

  9. List of professional sportspeople convicted of crimes - Wikipedia

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    Cárdenas was accused of beating his wife's coworker with a baseball bat. [197] Ramón Castro: Florida Marlins: Pennsylvania (Allegheny County) November 9, 2004 (plea) Indecent assault 1 year probation Castro was charged with rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault and unlawful restraint arising from an incident on August ...