triggering a benches-clearing melee (video here). He would eventually be suspended for six games over his role in the incident. Laureano was also subsequently suspended by Major League Baseball ...

via Mark Feinsand of MLB.com. Brewers reliever Abner Uribe received the longest suspension of six games, for inciting the benches clearing brawl. His teammate Freddy Peralta received five games ...

and Yankees DH Tyler Austin suspended five games by MLB for their roles in a bench-clearing brawl Wednesday night.

During tonight's game between the Dodgers and Padres, Zack Greinke hit Carlos Quentin with a pitch leading to a bench-clearing ... the brawl had subsided. Here's the video (via MLB.com).

But in the midst of its celebration, a bench clearing brawl, featuring a goalie fight at center ice, broke out and eight players — four from each team — were suspended for the next game.

New Tigers reliever Tommy Kahnle, to this day, hasn’t spoken to Miguel Cabrera about that infamous fracas at Comerica Park ...

but the lack of fighting and brawling has this omnipresent minority group longing for the bench-clearing brawls of yesteryear. That not-so-silent minority got just what they wanted in the third ...

triggering a bench-clearing melee in the sixth inning that led to six ejections. Ramirez appeared to connect with a right hand to the face of Anderson, who fell backward to the ground. Cleveland ...

One thing that has curbed the frequency of massive brawls in hockey are the severe penalties for players leaving the bench area. But what happens when a brawl breaks out in the bench area?