Well, we have the suspensions out for the brawl last night between the Rays and Red Sox. As expected, there are a lot of suspensions. MLB.com has the scoop: Jamie Shields- 6 games(intentionally hit Coco Crisp then threw punches when he charged the mound) Jonny Gomes- 5 games(punched Crisp while he lay on the ground) Edwin Jackson- 5 games Carl Crawford- 4 games(same as Gomes)  ...

BY SEAN McADAM Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- Major League Baseball has suspended Coco Crisp for seven games, Jon Lester for five games and Sean Casey for three games for their actions in Thursday night’s bench-clearing brawl. The Red Sox got the word minutes ago. It is not known whether the three plan to appeal. Crisp charged the mound in the second inning of Wednesday’s 7-1 ...

( click on image for a larger version ) By now everybody has seen the image on the left (above). We knew there was something familiar about it, and now we know. James Shields threw a pitch at Coco Crisps leg and then when Crisp charged the mound, Shields threw another "pitch" at Crisp's head. Luckily for Crisp, it was either a change up or his head wasn't in the strike zone.

As if Boston needed any more sports stories to soak in, the Red Sox battled the Rays for first place in the AL East and did what they could to get the attention of fans across the city. I think it worked. After a HBP in the second inning, Coco Crisp charged the mound and was pummeled by Dioner Navarro , Jonny Gomes , and Carl Crawford following a swing and a miss from pitcher James Shields . ...

Red Sox OF Cocok Crisp charged the mound after he was thrown at by Rays pitcher James Shields. Crisp took the brunt of these blows with other Rays players landing some solid punches. I just watched Baseball Tonight and it turns out Crisp was angered about a innocent play at 2B in another game. On his next slide he went cleat first into second, injuring a Rays player. No wonder the Rays ...

Apparently in response to Coco Crisp’s hard slide at second inning in the eighth inning of last night’s game, Rays starting pitcher James Shields hit Coco Crisp on the right leg with a fastball at the start of the second inning of tonight’s game… And Crisp charged the mound — sparking the first of two melees at Fenway Park this evening. After being hit ...

You knew this was coming. After all the hard feelings of the previous night, you knew it was just a matter of when the Tampa Bay Rays would retaliate against Coco Crisp. Surprisingly, it was in the bottom of the second inning, when Tampa Bay pitcher James Shields hit leadoff batter Crisp on the second pitch of the at-bat, and Crisp charged the mound, and it set off a benches-clearing brawl. ...

Check out this video of of the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays brawl. James Shields hit Coco Crisp with a pitch and after a brief hesitation, Crisp charged the mound. After dodging a viscous punch from Shields, Crisp hot in a couple punches of his own. Crisp was then tackled by a couple of Rays before the scuffle was eventually broken up. The story behind this brawl actually goes back ...

Sox 7, Rays 1 WP : Lester (4-3) LP : Shields (4-4) SV : None HRs : BOS - Manny (13); TB-None Umpire: "Batten down the hatches, this shit is going down NOW!" SUMMARY : A wild game at Fenway saw the Sox engage in fisticuffs with the Rays on the field and then between each other in the dugout as Boston completed the sweep but lost two center fielders. Coco Crisp charged the mound ...

I won't lie, this video is horrible, but it's all we got right now. Anyway, as you probably know, Coco Crisp charged the mound in the second inning tonight after he was beaned by James Shields. This series was already pretty heated to begin with. Yesterday the Sox wrestled first place in the AL East away from the Rays and Rays manager Joe Maddon accused Crisp of ...

In a baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Devil Rays today, tempers flared. In the second inning Tampa pitcher James Shields hit Red Sox outfielder Coco Crisp with a pitch. After which, Crisp charged the mound. Shields threw a wild haymaker (right) that if it had connected could have made him into the next Kermit Washington. Well, maybe not that infamous because at Crisp ...

Coco Crisp was just drilled by James Shields in the side. He originally acted calm, then charged the mound. James Sheilds went for a colossal right hand and completely missed, and Coco landed a right jab to Sheilds’ ear. Crisp was tackled by catcher Dioner Navarro right after he hit Shields. Jonny Gomes ran from the dugout and proceeded to pound Coco while he was held down. Big man. ...

Boston center fielder Coco Crisp was hit on the right hip by Tampa Bay right-hander James Shields, prompting a benches-clearing brawl in the second inning of their game Thursday night. Crisp dropped his bat, charged the mound, ducked a wild right by Shields before throwing a few punches before being tackled to the ground by catcher Dioner Navarro. Rays DH Jonny Gomes charged the mound from ...

Coco Crisp charged the mound after James Shields threw at Coco, and Crisp avoided a powerful right hand from Shields that would have gotten approval from Muhammad Ali himself and got in a punch before Shields, Dioner Navarro and others overwhelmed Crisp and slammed him to the ground, raining punches on him. Crisp and Shields were immediately ejected. This comes on the heels of a game last ...

A game that was expected to be a very entertaining match-up between the Rays and Red Sox just turned ugly in the second inning. Jamie Shields hit Dustin Pedroia in the first frame. This one was probably not intentional. However, in the second inning he hit Coco Crisp, which he obviously did mean to do. This was most likely a retaliation from last night. After that, Crisp charged the mound ...

BOSTON -- The skirmishes between Coco Crisp and the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night erupted into full-scale war Thursday night. Rays starter James Shields hit Crisp in the thigh with the first pitch he threw him as Crisp led off the bottom of the second inning. Crisp charged the mound and a bench-clearing fight ensued. And unlike your typical baseball fights, this one lasted a while and ...

Shields hits Crisp in the 2nd for the pitcher's 2nd HBP of the game. It looked to me like it barely grazed Coco, but Crisp charged the mound after saying something to Shields. Shields let loose a right to the...