The Dodgers bullpen jump into the crowd and brawl with Cub fans, a breakdown
What Happened
It's the bottom of the 9th inning on May 16, 2000 and the Chicago Cubs are mounting a late comeback against the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers. The Cubs have closed the gap to just one run and the raucous Wrigley Field crowd is on the edge of their seats, sensing a possible miracle victory. However, the tension in the stands suddenly boils over into chaos. Cubs fan Joshua Pulliam, a 27-year-old in attendance courtesy of the team's ownership group, begins agitating the Dodgers bullpen. In a "stupid prank gone horribly wrong," Pulliam reaches over the wall and yanks the cap off Dodgers backup catcher Chad Kreuter. This sets off a melee, as nearly the entire Dodgers bullpen rushes into the stands to confront the unruly fans. Punches are thrown and a brawl erupts, with players and fans fighting in the stands. The pandemonium is captured on shaky fan footage, showing the scuffle from multiple angles. Among the participants is a man believed to be 27-year-old Ronald Camacho, who would later win $475,000 from the Cubs and $300,000 from the Dodgers in lawsuits related to the incident. As the fighting rages, another fan is seen throwing a soda at the crowd, though the cup merely "mists" rather than exploding. Amid the chaos, the original hat thief, Pulliam, manages to evade serious consequences, while another fan in a distinctive bucket hat is mistakenly identified as the instigator and briefly detained. The Dodgers bullpen is described as "just choking people out" as they brawl with the unruly fans. The on-field fracas ultimately delays the game, disrupting the Cubs' comeback bid. They are unable to complete the rally and the Dodgers hold on for the victory. In the aftermath, the incident becomes a notorious chapter in the long-standing rivalry between these two storied franchises.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentit's the year 2000 the Cubs are losing
to the Dodgers this one got requested so
much there's not a lot of footage it's
hard to break down but the Cubs are
making a comeback in the 9th they get
within one run the fans start going
crazy they're gonna witness a miracle
the Cubs are gonna come back and beat
the Dodgers these three fans what does
this say what does this say w/e Sutton D
classic fat guy like just put the most
amount of pain on me as possible hide it
all hide it all I don't know what that
says but then there's a fight in the
stands and this is what happened it was
May 16th the year 2000 and Pulliam was a
27 year old enjoying company seats
provided by the Cubs ownership group
after nine innings of none too good
natured back-and-forth with the Dodgers
bullpen I guarantee you it was not good
natured and I guarantee you it was not
back-and-forth and he was just annoying
the hell out of the Dodgers bullpen fans
always think that players want to do
that they just want you to shut up the
future political ace decided he wanted a
hat a Dodgers had specifically Dodgers
catcher Chad crew ders had how do you
say that name in a move he now
acknowledges that was a stupid prank
gone horribly wrong so this dude reaches
onto the field he Yanks the backup
catchers hat and begins strolling for
the exit and they don't show replays of
this people are just running around you
got a whole mob you got all the Dodgers
bullpen like 19 guys went into the crowd
the catchers in there somewhere at the
bottom and then I want to point out this
guy in the gray shirt and the hat right
there because I think I'm not positive I
think this is Ronald Camacho Camacho who
wins 475 grand from the Cubs and 300
grand from the Dodgers in this whole
melee so eyes on him there he is
talking with someone right here there
John at each other in the bottom left of
the screen
and now we're gonna get a soda throw
right here bottom of the screen
this guy's gonna check a soda at the
whole group
throw for being honest the the liquid
just comes out right away the cup never
spills you want to hit someone with it
while it's full and then it explodes on
them this was really like a misting not
a soda bomb but his buddy Pat's them on
the back says good job hell of a throw
this kid I don't even get it man I mean
I don't want a bucket hat shame a good
bucket hats great who the hell wears a
bucket hat with zero design bucket hat
sir festive who wears a bucket hat to a
night game I don't get it at all it's a
weird look but he's having fun he's
happy with the cameras on him and now
look you have the catcher and the guy
that I think is Ronald just he's just
holding him right there because they
think that was the original hat stealer
I guess I don't know bucket hats doing
his thing everyone's going crazy
they said the catcher was just choking
people it was just choking people out
and this guy he's got everyone on him
they treated him as if he was the main
instigator so they sent him to prison
for a night so they got like in wrongful
imprisonment they didn't press any
charges they got battery he sued
everyone for everything and he's just in
the middle and everyone's trying to get
him to run away trying to grab him and
trying to move they think this is the
main guy I think right now he realizes
he's probably gonna get like you know
600 grand from this that scar gonna be
rich so he leaves that old guy right
there in the middle of it that dude with
a weird vest
sweater now everyone else in the
bleachers like hey we want to have fun
too let's just pepper the field with
[ __ ] Cubs are making a comeback let's
delay it even more let's ruin the
momentum Cubs end up not coming back and
winning this game
Dodgers head to the bullpen the weird
thing is that the one dude wins 775
grand the guy who stole the Hat Josh
Pullum he didn't get in trouble at all
zero penalties what if this these two
guides knew each other what if it was an
inside game what if they split the money
I think we need to investigate otherwise
I'm gonna bring Jake to a game now I
will never do that we're not [ __ ]