DIRTY PINSTRIPES

 
* It didn't take long to figure out no Joe Torre equals no class for the Yankees. Shelley Duncan's dirty slide into second on the Rays' Akinori Iwamura as retribution for a perfectly clean play at the plate a couple off games previously show what... [link]

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Suspensions for Duncan, and Melky

Yankees first baseman Shelley Duncan and outfielder Melky Cabrera were each suspended three games for their roles in Wednesday’s benches-clearing incident against the Rays. Tampa Bay outfielder Jonny Gomes was also suspended two games for his involvement. All three players were fined, along with Yankees manager Joe Girardi and coaches Kevin Long and Bobby Meacham. These suspensions ...
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Lupica: There's a new Joe in town

For better or worse - and only the season will give us the answer to that one - the Yankees are Joe Girardi's now. But more than anything, they need to be Joe Girardi's Yankees, after the long run when they were Joe Torre's Yankees.
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A LITTLE FIGHT IS ALL RIGHT

TAMPA - Joe Girardi has never managed one regular-season game in pinstripes, but he has already established enough of a track record that one can draw inferences. For instance, we suspect this manager, unlike Joe Torre, would never have allowed the...
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The Official Site of The Tampa Bay Rays: News: Niemann bolstering own chances

TAMPA, Fla. -- In the aftermath of Wednesday's bench-clearing incident, Tampa Bay pitcher Jeff Niemann said that Saturday afternoon's game was time for both the Rays and the Yankees to get back to baseball. The lanky righty set a solid precedent, ...
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SPRING TRAINING: Swing & can't-miss action!

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