Good to have ya back, Dougie Baseball! The former Twin and current manager of the Fort Myers Miracle Doug Mientkiewiczgot into a little trouble Saturday night, pretty much leading the charge on a bench-clearing brawl.
Okay, so it wasn’t much of a brawl even by baseball standards (you hockey players must laugh at this stuff), but the guy who made his name as a Twins first baseman who hit with no batting gloves and tons of pine tar still likes to roll out the tough guy once in a while.
Oh, yeah, the Miracle lost.
Anyway, a play-by-play from the Minnesota Class A affiliate’s play-by-play man himself on Twitter:
Doug Mientkiewicz and Bradneton manager Frank Kremblass got into a tussle behind home plate after Jason Wheeler plunked Dan Gamache.
— Brice Zimmerman (@ZimGlish) August 18, 2013
After the hit batter, Kremblas popped off the top step of the dugout and Mientkiewicz ran out and they met behind home plate.
— Brice Zimmerman (@ZimGlish) August 18, 2013
Mientkiewicz then locked up with Kremblas, rolled around on the ground, and players came together. Fracas lasted about a minute.
— Brice Zimmerman (@ZimGlish) August 18, 2013
Thank you, sir! And from there we take you to the video, which is pretty much the quality you might expect from the stands at a ballgame, but good ol’ Number 16 (his Twin and Miracle number) can be seen scuffling a bit, just to make it count:
Not to worry, says our play-by-play man:
After it settled down, Mientkiewicz and Kremblas talked it out, patted each other on the back and seemed to settle the issue.
— Brice Zimmerman (@ZimGlish) August 18, 2013
