Want to keep benches from clearing? Change rule, Jim Riggleman and Joey Votto say

Reds manager Jim Riggleman says there’s one way to avoid the bench-clearing brawl like they did Thursday night in the Reds game with the Milwaukee Brewers. “I wish we had the hockey rule,� Riggleman said. “With four umpires, they can stop anything that’s going to happen between two guys. Once there’s a bunch of guys, if there really is some animosity between clubs, there’s no way the umpires can stop it.� “I’d really like to see (the rule change). We would just know you’ve got to sit there and watch them if two guys really want to fight. Not much is going to happen because four umpires are going to get in there pretty quick.� Joey Votto, whose confrontation with catcher Erik Krazt, led to Thursday’s