Spitball

The Fight

1. What adjectives would you use to describe this image?
2. What are the points of interest?
3. What could you infer happened before this image took place?
4. Why is a photograph like this one sometimes more impactful than video footage?
5. Sports photography provides many opportunities to capture interesting images. Why is that?

​

​

It was the game that Ryan hit Chicago White Sox third baseman Robin Ventura with the first pitch in his second at-bat. Ventura, 26, charged the mound towards Ryan, who was 46.

Ventura never got a punch in while Ryan grabbed him in a headlock, pounded his head with noogies, went back to the mound – bloody mouth and all – and beat the White Sox.

It is known as the most famous brawl in baseball history.

https://youtu.be/R3niGu9d_pY

https://www.mlb.com/cut4/on-this-day-in-1993-robin-ventura-fought-nolan-ryan-c246036374

​