Girardi fined, 3 players suspended in NY-TB fracas

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Crystal, The Moose and G.I. Joe
Published 3/14/2008 by Mike at Green Pinstripes
... Aftermath.  Suspensions and fines related to the events Wednesday were levied Friday.  The skinny for the Yanks: Melky Cabrera and Shelley Duncan were fined and suspended for three games each; and Girardi, third base coach Bobby Meacham and hitting coach Kevin Long were fined an undisclosed amount.  Tampa's Jonny Gomes was suspended for two games and fined.  The suspensions will begin at the beginning of the season unless they are appealed.  I guess I shouldn't be surprised.  Major League Baseball always overreacts to situations that happen ...

Duncan, Gomes and Melky (Melky?) suspended
Published 3/14/2008 by Ed Valentine at Bugs & Cranks
... So, Shelley Duncan gets a three-game vacation and Jonny Gomes of Tampa Bay gets to sit for two after their altercation the other day. ...

Watson Does It Again - Melky Suspended
Published 3/14/2008 by Steve Lombardi at WasWatching.com
Via the AP - Yankees center fielder Melky Cabrera and first baseman Shelley Duncan were suspended for three games each for their roles in Wednesday's spring-training fracas between New York and the Tampa Bay Rays. In announcing a three-game suspension for the Yankees' Shelley Duncan, Major League Baseball called his actions -- including this takeout slide -- "violent and reckless." Tampa outfielder Jonny Gomes was suspended for two games Friday. All three players were fined along with Yankees manager Joe Girardi, third-base coach Bobby ...

Crystal, The Moose and G.I. Joe
Published 3/14/2008 by Mike at Spring Training '08
... Aftermath.  Suspensions and fines related to the events Wednesday were levied Friday.  The skinny for the Yanks: Melky Cabrera and Shelley Duncan were fined and suspended for three games each; and Girardi, third base coach Bobby Meacham and hitting coach Kevin Long were fined an undisclosed amount.  Tampa's Jonny Gomes was suspended for two games and fined.  The suspensions will begin at the beginning of the season unless they are appealed.  I guess I shouldn't be surprised.  Major League Baseball always overreacts to situations that happen ...

Melky and Duncan Suspended; Girardi Fined
Published 3/14/2008 by NYteamsWin at Mets Prospects Minors Blog | MetsProspectus.com
ESPN: "The shenanigans between the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays will leave them short-handed. Yankees first baseman Shelley Duncan and center fielder Melky Cabrera were suspended for three games and Tampa Bay outfielder Jonny Gomes two games Friday following the latest dustup this week. All three players were fined, as were Yankees manager Joe Girardi, third-base coach Bobby ...

The Week In Quotes: March 10-16 by Alex Carnevale
Published 3/17/2008 at Baseball Prospectus
... so hard, but he doesn't rub us the wrong way. I don't think it's such an incident if there wasn't the hype. It became an incident because of all the rhetoric during the past five to six days." --Girardi "Obviously, I read Melky's comment saying he didn't do anything. Obviously, the commissioner's office saw something different." --Rays executive vice president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman , on Melky Cabrera 's punch to Rays third baseman Evan Longoria . ( ESPN.com ) PECOTA COMPARABLES INCLUDE TED BUNDY AND JACK THE RIPPER "He doesn't care ...