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Benches Clear — Again And Again — During Brawls Between Yankees And Tigers

The confrontation opened with a hit batter and an inside pitch, but before long, both benches had cleared amid a flurry of fists. Then, they cleared again. And again. Luckily, no one appears injured.
The Yankees and Tigers raise dust on the diamond after both benches cleared in Detroit on Thursday.

Things got a little out of hand in Detroit on Thursday.

The way the game between the Tigers and the New York Yankees opened, though, you'd be forgiven for having thought it was going to be just another dog-day matinee. The two teams exchanged

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