The Angry Prince: Fielders' Fight with Dodgers Brings Up Bigger Questions

I guess I'm just a little biased in this one, but what fan isn't? I mean we all want out guys to win at all costs and we hate the other guys from getting in our way. That aspect of fandom applies to all points of the game, except fights. I miss the days of hard suspensions and huge fines, we need to embrace what Paul Newman said in Slapshot about "Old time Hockey", the game without the unnecessary fighting. Just play the game. Last night marked the new rivalry between the Dodgers and the Brewers and it all started over something stupid. In the seventh inning of a blow out, Manny was hit with a nine run lead; that's baseball, sometimes you hit, sometimes you walk, and sometimes you get hit. No big deal. With two outs in the ninth and Prince Fielder coming to bat, Guillermo Mota figured that it was time to get his teammates back, and even the score with the Brewers, so he hit Fielder. Hard. After the game, Fielder marched over to the Dodger clubhouse and if it w...