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Report: White Sox's Chris Sale wanted to fight Royals' Yordano Ventura

Published Apr. 24, 2015 2:01 p.m. ET

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Chris Sale reportedly still had some unfinished business with Yordano Ventura following his ejection Thursday night.

The Chicago White Sox ace was in the middle of the all-out, bench-clearing brawl that broke out in the seventh inning of last night’s game against the Kansas City Royals. Sale, who was one of five players ejected from the game, was all sorts of fired up after Adam Eaton hit a comebacker to Ventura, who responded with an expletive and a staredown.

Things escalated from there, with Sale having to be restrained before eventually getting the boot. But his night wasn’t quite over yet. According to Nate Bukatay, who works for 810 Sports Radio in Kansas City, Sale made his way to the Royals clubhouse the next inning, looking to teach the hot-headed Ventura a lesson.

White Sox manager Robin Ventura confirmed that Sale tried to get into the Royals clubhouse, ESPN.com reported.

The Royals pitcher is certainly gaining a less-than-stellar reputation this season, as he pulled a somewhat similar move just five days earlier against Mike Trout and the Los Angeles Angels. So, while Sale beating the pulp out of Yordano Ventura would have made a lot — like, a lot — of people in the baseball world happy, White Sox fans can breathe a sigh of relief that it never came to fruition and he won’t be missing any time with a broken hand.

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