Yes, we’ve seen that players can be injured when being involved in the fist-a-cuffs that occur nightly in the NHL.
We’ve read about the tragic death of Don Sanderson, again tragic.
But fighting is a part of hockey and it is in the nature of the game.
The heat of the moment and that human trait called revenge can both bring about a fight, one animal instinct, one premeditated.
There is also the most controversial of all—the "staged fight."
These fights all have their place in modern hockey, believe it or not.
What’s ridiculous is fighting in baseball, people aren’t up in arms against that, and it’s mostly a non-contact sport aside from a play at the plate or sliding into second to break up the double play.
Not to mention the whole team gets involved in it, even the pitchers from the bullpens run out onto the field during a bench-clearing brawl, which every baseball fight turns into.
If a pitcher throws at a batters head, why the batter rushes the mound is beyond me, it’s the manger who put in the call, rush the dugout and take a swing at him.
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