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You be the judge
yankees.lhblogs.com 3/12/2008 —
I haven’t found video yet, but here’s an Associated Press photo of Shelley Duncan’s slide into Akinori Iwamura.
Obviously the whole idea of his going for the glove is a fantasy excuse. But it sounded good.
What’s done ...
A time-lapse show of new Yankee Stadium set to terrible music
riveraveblues.com 3/13/2008 — Quick note on Shelley Duncan: Joe said all that needed to be sad . Let me offer up a few thoughts after seeing, via Sliding Into Home, the video of the slide and brawl . Shelley’s slide, while not terrible, was egregious and intentional. Fired ...
Let's Play The Feud: Yanks-Rays Edition
awfulannouncing.blogspot.com 3/12/2008 — I can't believe it took ESPN about 3 hours to get this video, but here it is from ESPN News. A pretty cheap slide by Shelly Duncan starts the arguing and a horrible tackle attempt by Johnny Gomes clears the benches..... Pretty lame, but aren't ...
[YANKEES] Yankees Play Dirty After Whining About Clean Play
raysindex.com 3/13/2008 — [Update 3:28pm] They are currently ripping Duncan to shreds on NYC sports radio WFAN . They say he has a reputation as a "hot-head" in the minor leagues. So THIS is how it is going to be, huh? The Yankees retaliated this afternoon in their first ...
How severe should the punishments be?
bugsandcranks.com 3/13/2008 — So, what should the punishments be for Wednesday’s Tampa Bay Rays-New York Yankees brawl?
You know Major League Baseball won’t let the unfortunate Spring Training brouhaha go without doing something.
Tampa Bay Manager Joe Maddon ...
PlateGate And The Brawl: A Roundtable Discussion
mvn.com 3/13/2008 — With all that has happened between the Rays and Yankees this week, we here at Rays Anatomy felt the need to convene thoughts on the happenings. Me, Tommy and Erik started a dialogue regarding the incidents, examining how things could have been avoided and what lies ahead as the regular season approaches. This was done over email, much like a discussion between colleagues sitting at a bar.
Cabrera also will be suspended
yankees.lhblogs.com 3/14/2008 — We’re still waiting for official word from Major League Baseball, but indications are that Melky Cabrera will be suspended for three games as well.
The Devil Rays said at the time that Cabrera punched Evan Longoria during the brawl and ...
Wrapping it up from Legends Field
yankees.lhblogs.com 3/6/2008 — Shelley Duncan got into the game and was 1 for 2 with another home run. He is 7 of 11 with two homers and nine RBI this season. Alas, the Yankees lost 7-5.
“He’s taking advantage of every opportunity,” Joe Girardi said. ...
Quote of the day: Shelley Duncan
yankees.lhblogs.com 3/10/2008 — Shelley Duncan was asked today what would happen if a Tampa Bay catcher were blocking the plate on Wednesday.
“I don’t know,” he said. “That will be determined between third and home.”
Joe Girardi said again, however, that he has told his players ...
Duncan Vows to Play Rough With Tampa Bay
sports.aol.com 3/11/2008 — Joe Girardi wasn't the only one Yankee upset with the Devil Rays for actually playing the game the way it's meant to be played this weekend: Shelley Duncan has vowed to keep Francisco Cervelli 's injury in mind when facing the Rays this year. "What ...
Rays and Yankees Go at it Again!
sports.aol.com 3/12/2008 — The Yankees and Rays faced off for the first time since Saturday's ill-fated game , which left a Yank and a Ray with injuries, and things were wild again. Despite Girardi saying he didn't want his players to retaliate, Shelley Duncan warned us all ...
Shelley Duncan: On Pace to be Most Hated Yankee Ever?
survivinggrady.com 3/12/2008 — Remember Joe Girardi crying about the Rays being too aggressive in a spring training game? The comments came after a Yankee catching prospect, Francisco Cervelli, had his wrist broken when a Tampa Bay player took him out at the plate. Well, those ...
Let's Get Ready to Rumble!
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 3/12/2008 — Shelley Duncan (of course) started the top of the second with a single. He tried to go to second as the ball rolled behind third base and was out by five feet. Duncan slid in with his spikes exceedingly high at Akinori Iwamura and was tagged out. He was immediately ejected. Tampa Bay right fielder Jonny Gomes raced over and tackled Duncan ...
Bad Shelley
riveraveblues.com 3/12/2008 — PeteAbe told us this afternoon that Shelley Duncan slid into Akinori Iwamura with his right spike high . Okay, I thought. No big deal. No, you don’t want your guys taking out other guys’ knees at this time of year, but from the ...
Let’s try not to get carried away
yankees.lhblogs.com 3/13/2008 — Peter Abraham: Joe Girardi is embarrassed by Shelley "Duvall" Duncan. Too scared to go to fight: Derek Jeter
* The Sultan Of Let Down Alex Rodriguez
* The Shaved Emasculated Shell Of Johnny Damon
* Jason Giambi
* Mariano Rivera
* Mike Mussina
* Andy Pettitte
* Phil Hughes
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* Ian Kennedy
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Yankees and Rays Fight: In Video Form!
sports.aol.com 3/13/2008 — As the lovely Yankees Chick informed you of earlier, the Yankees and Rays got into a bit of a brouhaha this afternoon in Florida after Shelley Duncan went spikes high into second base. I think it's pretty clear in the video above that Duncan ...
Duncan to face Rays tomorrow
yankees.lhblogs.com 3/14/2008 — The Yankees have a split-squad doubleheader tomorrow, one game against Tampa Bay in Tampa and the other against Detroit in Lakeland.
Shelley Duncan will stay in Tampa and play against the Rays. Is Joe Girardi inviting trouble?
“I just want ...
YANKEES CLASS IN MID-SEASON FORM —
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------------------------------------------------------ TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Shelley Duncan watched video of his hard slide in the Yankees' game Wednesday against Tampa Bay and still doesn't think it was a dirty play. The New York first baseman's slide into second base with his spikes raised sparked a bench-clearing scrum that resulted in two players and two coaches being ejected during the ...
Revisiting the Pedro Martinez-Don Zimmer Smackdown —
EveryJoe » Sports Rumors
Like all bench-clearing fights, the Yankees-Devil Rays brawl last week touched off the usual chatter about great skirmishes of the past.
A comment by faithful reader Caesar on this post got us thinking about one classic smackdown in particular: Pedro Martinez and Don Zimmer in Game 3 of the ALCS. Pre-cockfighting Pedro was pitching for the Boston Red Sox at the time and Zimmer was ...
Let’s talk about some real brawls —
Bugs & Cranks
Face it, baseball brawls usually suck. Not much ever really happens.
The Yankees-Rays brawl the other day was a great example. Oh, gee, the Rays second baseman got a little cut on his knee. Boo-hoo!
The Rays may be upstarts, but they still have a lot to learn about this brawling stuff.
They can start by checking out this memorable Yankees-Red Sox tiff.
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Suspensions Handed Out —
My Pinstripes
Major League Baseball has finished reviewing the Yankees-Rays free-for-all and has handed down suspensions to Shelley Duncan , Melky Cabrera , and Jonny Gomes . Duncan and Cabrera were given 3 games each while Gomes received 2. This is the first mention of Cabrera in any of this and we have no clue what he did. Obviously, he got into the middle of it. Source ESPN
Suspensions —
baseballmusings.com
Major League Baseball handed down suspensions today stemming from the Yankees-Rays brawl. Peter Abraham has the press release. I like the wording: Shelley Duncan of the Yankees has been suspended for three games and fined an undisclosed amount for his...
Cabrera Suspended? WTF? —
Respect Jeter's Gangster
Melky Cabrera has been suspended for 3 games as a result of the Yankees-Rays "brawl" a few days ago. All of the reports I had read stated that no punches were thrown. Apparently no punches were thrown, except for the one by Melky Cabrera which landed on Evan Longoria, Eva Longoria's kid brother. I've not seen any video anywhere of the "brawl" so I don't know if it's true. If it is however, ...
Daily Link Roundup —
Beyond the Box Score
Fangraphs has added pitch data for each pitcher; scroll to the bottom for the info. Hat tip to RotoJunkie . If you didn't see the brawl overblown confrontation yesterday between the Yankees and Rays, I have video up over at DRaysBay I'm about to post the final NL previews, so no pics of the day.
The Fightin’ Devil Rays! —
umpbump.com
I’m putting the Devil back in the Devil Rays after last night’s bench-clearing brawl. The Red Sox and Rays have come to fisticuffs numerous times over the years, and now it seems that Tampa Bay is determined to rumble with the other big dogs in the AL East, the New York Yankees. Hey, if you can’t join ‘em, beat ‘em, right?
Controversy erupted when the teams ...
Grab Bag Day —
J-Beanie Sports
Let’s knock out a few topic that caught my eye.
>>> The Yankees and Devil Rays got into a brawl during a spring training game. Really, Yankees? The Devil Rays? In spring training? My how the mighty have fallen. This is kind of like the once feared bully of the playground realizing no one is scared of him anymore so he goes to the kindergartners and picks on them just to ...
TOP 12 UNWRITTEN RULES OF BASEBALL —
Epic Carnival | Where Sports and Pop Culture Collide
by DMtShooter , Five Tool Tool Inspired by this little bit of spring training fundamentals... 12. Veterans who have been on a bunch of different teams can never be, you know, irredeemable douchebags 11. In a bench-clearing brawl, players with the same agents have to pair up to watch each other's back 10. The first rule of Devil Rays Fight Club... is that you do not discuss Devil Rays ...
There was a game played today —
Scott Proctor's Arm - A New York Yankees Blog
Aside from the brawl, which I detailed quite nicely , the Yankees did play a game today. They ended up losing 7-6 to the Tampa Bay Rays this afternoon. The Yankees took at 6-4 lead in the eighth inning after Brett Gardner hit a two-run single. The Rays took a 7-6 lead in the bottom half of the inning, scoring all three runs off of Jonathan Albaladejo . All three runs were earned, and he also ...
Yankees Lose 7-6 —
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog
The Yankees fell to 6-5 on the spring with a 7-6 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays today, in St. Petersburg. The main story of the game was the brawl, but I've already discussed that . So let's get to the actual game. Heath Phillips started and got knocked around giving up 2 runs on 3 hits in his 2/3 of an inning. He also walked 1 and was ejected for barely hitting Evan Longoria. ... Scott ...
Bench-Clearing Brawl Between Yanks and Rays —
EveryJoe » Sports Rumors
The New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Devil Rays let the games begin today in true feisty fashion: Hockey’s little cousin, the baseball brawl.
Unless our Blog Foddah Radar is slightly out of tune and needs recalibration, this marks the first bench clearing brawl of the pre-season.
The teams made it all of two innings before tempers flared. (Sort of. A homeplate crash that injured a ...
Brawl! —
Randball
The Yankees and Rays got their brawl on in an exhibition game earlier today. AP photos show: Shelley Duncan of the cheatin’ Bombers, going in spikes high on the Rays’ Iwamuri Akinori in the second inning. Yep, that’s a good place to put your sharp spike if you’re trying to start a brawl. Newsday’s Kat O’Brien adds these words (thanks to Fasolamatt for the ...
Round 2 —
My Pinstripes
Joe Girardi may not have thought there would be carry over from Sunday's home plate collision, but oh yes there was. Shelley Duncan slid spikes high into Rays 2nd Baseman Akinori Iwamura , touching off a bench clearer. Rays right fielder Jonny Gomes tackled Duncan and the benches emptied. Both Duncan and Gomes, as well as Yankees coaches Bobby Meacham and Kevin Long were ejected from the ...
NYY v Tampa news makes Poynter.org topics —
XM MLB Chat
" Brawling Baseball Players at Spring Training UPDATE: Today's Yankees-Rays spring training game started with a bench-clearing brawl, showing that the hard feelings continue over last weekend's collision at home plate." From Al's Morning Meeting, 3/12/08, Poynter.org
Yanks, Rays face fallout from brawl —
FOXSports.com News for MLB
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.
Tampa outfielder Jonny Gomes was suspended for ...
3 suspended from Yankees-Rays brawl (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News
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. Tampa outfielder Jonny Gomes was suspended for two ...
Duncan gets three-game suspension —
SI.com - MLB
Shelley Duncan of the Yankees will be suspended for three games for his spikes-high slide that ignited a brawl earlier this week with Tampa Bay. Rays rightfielder Jonny Gomes, who charged in to level Duncan from behind after Duncan kicked Rays second ...
Girardi at Fault —
Bleacher Report - MLB
Not a good start for the new Joe. I'm a huge Yankees fan and yet I will be the first one to tell you New York is at fault in the recent brawl with the Tampa Bay Rays. Manager Joe Girardi's comments following the Rays' Elliot Johnson's ...
Joe Girardi at Fault —
Bleacher Report - MLB
Not a good start for the new Joe. I'm a huge Yankees fan, and yet I will be the first one to tell you New York is at fault in the recent brawl with the Tampa Bay Rays. Manager Joe Girardi's comments following the Rays' Elliot Johnson's ...
Yankees Brawl: Joe Girardi at Fault —
Bleacher Report - MLB
Not a good start for the new Joe. I'm a huge Yankees fan, and yet I will be the first one to tell you New York is at fault in the recent brawl with the Tampa Bay Rays. Manager Joe Girardi's comments following the Rays' Elliot Johnson's ...
Circus-like Spring For the Yankees —
Bleacher Report - MLB
HGH, the Brawl, the Designated Hebrew and other things.... Warning! These are not your father's Yankees. In fact, they might not even be YOUR Yankees. This spring, which the Yankees hoped would be low-key, has been anything but. First, ...
Are the Yankees dirty? —
Bleacher Report - MLB
A couple of days after a collision at home plate in which Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli suffered a broken his wrist, a huge brawl erupted today after Yankees utility man Shelly Duncan slid spikes up into Rays second baseman Akinori Iwamura ...
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