WATCH: 'Camp Day' ends in dusty brawl at Marlins-Reds minor league game

Punches were thrown after a player was hit with a pitch with two outs in the ninth

When I was a kid, my favorite day at summer camp was the day we went to a baseball game. All the kids would wear the same bright neon shirt, we'd bus over to the ballpark, they'd give us a hot dog and a drink, and we'd watch the game. For a young baseball fanatic, it was just the best.

Last Wednesday, a bunch of kids at Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach got to witness a lot more than baseball on Camp Day. They saw a huge ninth inning brawl between the High Class-A Daytona Tortugas (Reds) and Jupiter Hammerheads (Marlins). Here's the video, via Andy Slater/940 WINZ:

Yeesh, that's a pretty serious brawl. There were punches thrown and it even looks like one helmet was thrown as well.

According to Adam Orfinger of the Daytona Beach News-Journal, the brawl started after a player was hit by a pitch with two outs in the ninth inning. The two dugouts started chirping at each other and things escalated from there. From Orfinger:

After Gavin LaValley was hit with the first pitch of his at-bat with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, tempers flared from the Daytona dugout. Players let their feelings be heard, and Tortugas manager Eli Marrero began jawing with the umpires. Shouting could be heard from Jupiter's dugout, Hammerheads manager Randy Ready came out and Marrero eventually threw a punch at Ready. Benches cleared, and several fights broke out across the diamond for the next three minutes or so. It took about 20 minutes for the umpires to sort everything out before play resumed.

Amazingly, no suspensions or fines have been announced as a result of the brawl. It seems everyone got off scot-free. Not the best example to set for all the kids at the park on Camp Day, Florida State League!

Update: Reds director of player development Jeff Graupe told C. Trent Rosecrans of the Cincinnati Enquirer the team has disciplined the players involved in the brawl, though their punishments will not be announced publicly. From Rosecrans:

"This is a situation that we take very seriously, and there will be consequences," said Jeff Graupe, the Reds' director of player development. "There will be lessons and teaching moments that come out of this so that we will be better prepared to handle these kinds of situations moving forward."

Minor league rules say only two position players and one position can be suspended at any given time.