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We all heard it while growing up: “Forgive and forget.”

Apparently, those words to live by don’t count in baseball.

The Reds and Cubs cleared the benches Saturday after a strikeout.

But to completely digest the situation, we need to go back to 364 days ago; May 18, 2017.

The Reds were at Wrigley Field, and starting pitcher Amir Garrett loaded the bases.

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Javy Baez unloaded them.

Garrett didn’t appreciate Baez’s styling after connecting for a grand slam.

On Saturday, the pitcher got a small measure of revenge, striking Baez out.

Let’s play the feud!

It was a typical baseball fight — lots of talking and some grabbing, but not much else.

If you ever wondered the intensity level of these things, take a look at the right side of this video:

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Yes, that’s Kris Bryant — not a guy you’d want to take on in a fight — laughing.

Baez still wasn’t happy about Garrett’s actions, telling reporters after the game, “If you’re going to show somebody up, at least face up, or man up and stay there or walk this way, because if you want to fight you’re in the wrong sport, first of all. And, like I say, when someone got in front of him he started walking to us, so whatever.”

Cubs manager Joe Maddon thought the pitcher’s celebration was over the top.

“He let out a Lion’s King type of roar,” Maddon told reporters, via the Chicago Sun-Times. “The Lion King should be reserved for Broadway or a movie theater.”

The two teams played a doubleheader Saturday.

This incident happened in Game 2 — after Chicago won the first game 10-0.

Maybe it fired up Cincinnati: The Reds took home the split with a 5-4 walk-off win in Game 2.

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Mike is an 11-time Michigan Emmy Award winner who has spent nearly 30 years working in sports media.
Mike has spent nearly 30 years in all aspects of sports media, including on-air, 10 at ESPN and another 10 at Fox Sports Detroit. He now works as a TV agent, and lives with his family in West Bloomfield, MI.
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Sudbury, Massachusetts
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11-time Michigan Emmy winner
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Emerson College
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The Longest Year: One Family's Journey Of Life, Death, And Love/If These Walls Could Talk: Detroit Tigers/If These Walls Could Talk: Detroit Lions
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