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Milwaukee Brewers: If You Can't Beat 'Em, Beat Yourself

 
Well, it's that time of the year again. When teams are fighting for position in the heated division and wild card races. So what are the Milwaukee Brewers doing about it? They're fighting with each other in the dugout. Just like last year. On Aug. 2nd of 2007, Johnny Estrada got into a shoving and shouting match with manager Ned Yost in the dugout. It was part frustration of being in the losing streak the Brewers were in, but also because Estrada wasn't running out grounders. Almost one year to the day, the Brew Crew was at it again, this time it involved Manny Parra and Prince Fielder in Cincinnati. If I were Parra, I definitely wouldn't want to be fighting with Prince. Parra had allowed six runs in six innings to the Reds, including a four-run fifth. He would not return for the seventh. Parra then thought he would get a jump-start on his post-game. That's when Fielder said something to Parra to start a shoving match between the two. Teammates ... (link)

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