Hall of Fame analysis

While watching Game 2 of the NLCS Friday afternoon at the Carnegie Abbey Club, Baseball Hall of Famers George Brett and Mike Schmidt were immediately intrigued when Phillies pitcher Brett Myers threw behind Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez in the first inning.
"He used to be pretty nasty," Schmidt said of Myers. "Kind of a tough guy image. I think he's softened over the last couple years.
"My guess is, this game could get a little nasty"
After the pitch, both Brett and Schmidt figured it was only a matter of time before Dodgers starter Chad Billingsley drilled a Phillies hitter. Brett thought Chase Utley, the Phillies' No. 3 hitter, was a strong candidate for the retaliation.
"He's thinking, 'They didn't hit the first guy, they didn't hit the second guy,'" Brett said. "Ryan Howard's saying, 'Hell, I hope they hit this guy."
Billingsley didn't hit anyone and Brett pointed out that, if he'd come close to doing so, both teams would have been warned and that likely would have been the end of it. Things were different when Brett and Schmidt played.
"They warn people right away now, and then they get fined and get suspended," said Brett, the longtime third baseman for the Kansas City Royals. "You didn't get suspended back in our day. I got in a fight with Graig Nettles the fifth game of the playoffs in '77, in the first inning of the game we got in a fistfight at third base. That happens now, they're kicked out, suspended without pay."