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Rays' Maddon benches CF Upton for 1 game (AP)

 

Published 8/6/2008 at Yahoo! Sports - MLB News

Tampa Bay center fielder B.J. Upton was benched Wednesday against Cleveland for failing to run out a grounder the previous night. Rays manager Joe Maddon took the one-game action, saying the topic of running hard on grounders was discussed at a team meeting in Kansas City two weeks ago. Asked about the benching, Upton said: "I just work here." In the eighth inning of Tuesday's 8-4 win over the... (link)

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