This reminds me of our bouts with the (Devil) Rays in the early 2000s; cellar dweller team, knows they're inferior, so they resort to cheap shots and bush league stuff.
That entire sequence of events was stupid. I can see being pissed off and wanting to take out a little frustration, especially given some of Papi's showman antics when he hits a home run, but do it right and nail him in the leg on the first pitch. When you throw three straight balls right at somebody, you're going to piss them off. At that point, both guys probably should have been ejected for leaving their spots and coming toward each other. Then the second melee never happens. And regardless of whether Papi was in the wrong for swinging 3-0 or trotting to first, Gregg should have kept his damn mouth shut after that. He was the clear instigator of the whole thing.
His dumb-ass comments after the game didn't help matters much either and all but guaranteed that this isn't over. It was at least nice to see guys like Lackey fired up and right in the middle of things. Hopefully he can translate that into shutting the Os down today. I wouldn't be surprised if another pitch or two 'got away' from somebody this weekend.