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EducatedBet…Pretty Stupid!

So much for the notion that the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays could settle a gripe without fighting.

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Meeting only days after New York manager Joe Girardi complained about Tampa Bay’s aggressive play in spring training after one of his players was injured in a home-plate collision, the Yankees brought some attitude of their own into a testy rematch Wednesday. Shelley Duncan’s hard slide into second base with his spikes raised sparked a bench-clearing scrum that resulted in two players and two coaches being ejected during the second inning of Tampa Bay’s 7-6 victory. Duncan, who had hinted at the prospect of retaliating for the Rays’ Elliot Johnson barreling over New York catcher Francisco Cervelli last Saturday, spiked second baseman Akinori Iwamura in the right thigh and was immediately tossed. Tampa Bay’s Jonny Gomes was ejected, too, after racing in from right field and ramming into Duncan as other players poured onto the field.

Now this game was not about the score or who won or lost…its spring training who honestly cares…NOT ME! This pretty stupid that they actually cleared the benches for this. I can understand why Johnson running to the Cervelli because these two guys are trying to get a spot on the roster and play for the entire season. They are trying to make a name for themselves which is understandable.

But Duncan sliding into second like that was just pretty stupid…c’mon dont go doing that, have your pitcher throw behind a batter or up high…dont go raising spikes at guys. I am now looking forward to watch a Yankees-D-Rays series and watching them play 18 times this year!

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