Chiefs' Brawl On July 24, 2008
During a game on July 24, 2008 against the Dayton Dragons, Chiefs' pitcher Julio Castillo, during the first inning, hit a Dragons' batter in the head, accidentally hit one of his own players in a collision when chasing a ball, hit another Dragons' player in the arm, and just nearly hit another Dragons' player in the head. This got the Dragons' manager to start to argue with the umpire which brought out the Chiefs' manager. The two argued for a few minutes with the head umpire breaking it up. But apparently in anger Julio Castillo, the Chiefs pitcher who had hit three people before during a rampage, fired a ball at the Dayton Dragon's dugout.
The ball missed the dugout but struck a fan who had to be immediately taken to a hospital. At this both benches cleared and the game was delayed for 69 minutes. After the game Chiefs' pitcher Julio Castillo was arrested for felonious assault. The fan, Chris McCarthy, suffered a concussion but has since recovered. On August 8, 2009 Castillo was convicted of felonious assault causing serious physical injury and was sentenced to 30 days in jail. In April 2010 a judge released Castillo from probation "on the condition that he leave the United States and not return for a minimum of three years."
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