'Turn on the Rays-Red Sox game! Turn it on quick!
Big League Stew —
Or so said all of the five IMs and texts I just received at the same time, all of which implored me to watch all hell breaking loose in Boston after Tampa's James Shields (right) hit Coco Crisp in retaliation for last night's spat over Crisp's slide into second. I'm pretty sure someone is going to win an award for that photo. For the details behind it, the Globe's Extra Bases has the play by play: Crisp dropped his bat, flipped his helmet and charged the
mound. He dodged Shields's punch and then hit Shields ...
Dodgers, Rox, Sox, Rays All Getting A Bit Punchy
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... follows up that boxing batter Matt Kemp will be suspended for four games for his tete-a-tete with Yorvit Torrealba , who’ll be getting three games on the bench of his own. But one basebrawl this week just isn’t enough. Looks like someone forgot to tell the Red Sox & Rays today that the NHL season is over : ...
Create-a-Caption: 'I did get a bowl of soup with this haircut'
Big League Stew —
... or his affinity for onfield brawling might make for a quite excellent Create-a-Caption. No sir. Not a chance. Never. In fact, I'm shocked you would even infer such a thing. ...
DID THE SQUEEZY MAKE YOU QUEASY?
Kranepool Society :: A New York Mets Blog —
... The Rays are a hybrid of the 1969 and 1986 Mets. Going from the last to first with pitching, defense and timely hitting is the ’69 Mets part and take no bullshit, charge the mound ask questions later is the ’86 component. So this series against the Old Town Team should be must watch TV this week. ...
