Juan Marichal
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Juan Antonio Marichal Sánchez, nicknamed "the Dominican Dandy", is a Dominican former right-handed pitcher who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1960 to 1975, mostly with the San Francis
Marichal in 1965
Marichal at the 2008 MLB All-Star Game Parade.
Battle of Candlestick
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The "Battle of Candlestick", also called the "Battle of San Francisco" or simply the "Marichal–Roseboro brawl", was a bench-clearing brawl which took place on August 22, 1965, at Candlestick Park in S
Juan Marichal
…eight appearances and being named Most Valuable Player of the 1965 contest. On August 22, 1965, Marichal was one of the principal figures in one of the most violent incidents in major league history. While batting in a heated game against the archrival Los Angeles Dodgers, he struck catcher John Roseboro in the head with his bat after Roseboro had…
Candlestick Park, the location of the infamous brawl