Some strange goings on at The Bank last night in the bottom of the eighth.

With the Phillies getting whupped 10-4, Shane Victorino was taking a healthy lead off of 3rd with two outs and Matt Stairs at the plate. Braves reliever and perpetual weirdo, Julian Tavarez, took a peek over and noticed Victorino was chatting it up with 3rd base coach Steve Smith so he decided to sprint towards the bag for the pickoff attempt.

Immediately following the odd play, Shane had some words for Tavarez to the effect of, “Just throw a pitch, Krueger, we’re down 6 runs over here.” That’s when Julian thought the right move would be try and start a fight with Victorino. Then, the benches cleared, the bullpens emptied, and the two teams stood around yelling at each other for a couple minutes. Not exactly a bench-clearing brawl, but it’s the closest they’ve come to fisticuffs this year. Have a look:

Afterwards, the best quote (per usual) came from the honorable Charlie Manuel, who had his own way of settling the altercation:

“If I had my way, you know what I’d do?

Form a big circle and see who wants to fight, I’ve seen that before and nobody fights.”

Coming in at the second best quote, Jamie Moyer chimed in:

“I’m too old for this.”

Benches clear in Braves-Phillies game | Phillies.com

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