Dodgers: Latest brawl at Dodger Stadium proves organization has to intervene

The Los Angeles Dodgers rattled off their second win in a row on Saturday, as Cody Belinger, who’s spent more time on the injured list than in the lineup this season, clobbered a walk-off home run to center field in the bottom of the ninth to down the Cubs.

While it was ultimately Bellinger’s heroics that got the Dodgers back in the win column, the combined effort from the pitching staff cannot be ignored. Julio Urias fanned 12 batters in 5.1 innings of two-run ball, and the bullpen allowed just two hits the rest of the way.

You’d think a complete performance would be enough to satisfy Dodgers fans, right? In theory, yes, most fans were probably thrilled to witness another walk-off.

Like every fan base, however, there’s always a couple lunatics that have to ruin it for everyone. We’re not sure whether this ugly scene materialized before or after Bellinger’s game-winner (probably before), but it’s still unsettling nonetheless.

For what feels like the fifth time his season, another brawl broke out at Dodger Stadium on Saturday. How big was the scrap? Well, let’s just say it involved so many people that it’s virtually impossible to decipher what’s actually going on in the video.

Whatever the case, the Dodgers must intervene in some fashion.

Brawls at Dodger Stadium are starting to become routine at this point.

Nature might be healing in the sense that numerous stadium brawls have been caught on camera across MLB this season, but the rate at which these scrums are breaking out at Dodger Stadium can only be described as alarming.

It’s almost as if fans know they can get away with starting fights and seemingly don’t hesitate doing so because the Dodgers’ security team is, well, not the best.

About two months ago, footage showed security team members standing around like statues while some guy got body-slammed into the pavement outside the stadium.

It’s currently unclear what provoked Saturday’s quarrel, but a fan on social media who claimed to be in attendance said it wasn’t between rival fans. Rather, security told him that someone was ejected for throwing a ball onto the field.

As security escorted that fan out, a crowd of fans doused security with garbage. Those clowns were rightly told to leave and it ultimately erupted into a fans vs security melee.

We’re not sure what to believe. What matters is that security appeared to get everything under control before anything overly-nefarious took place.

However, that’s far from a silver lining. Seriously, how many more disturbing videos have to go viral before the organization takes action? That’s obviously easier said than done, but something must be enforced before fans start normalizing (if they haven’t already) initiating fights both during and after games.

Enough is enough.

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