<p>"I envision a world that is completely peaceful and where violence will not be tolerated "</p>
<p>And how would that violence not be tolerated? Would be send the police with truncheons to subdue the perpetrators and haul them off to jail?</p>
<p>The small near perfect world between the two white lines of baseball is ultimately policed the same way the larger world is policed. A threat is met by a counter threat and violence by counter-violence. Because the forces are so evenly matched on the baseball diamond (or the hockey rink or the football field) violence rarely gets out of hand. You don’t see anyone attack anyone else with a bat. Why? Because everyones got a bat and nobody wants to take it that far.</p>
<p>Now to be sure MLB, specifically the American League by screwing with the rules and creating the designated hitter has probably increased the number of fights. Without the DH the pitcher beaning or brushing back a hitter would sooner or later have to come up to bat and get the same treatment. It might be a long time, even another season but teammates keep track of these things and have long memories:-)</p>
<p>One of the great myths of life is that violence begets violence. The fact is that unpunished violence begets violence. That is as true in the little world of sports as it is in the big world of nations.</p>