Yankees, Rays Come To Fisticuffs
Hot Foot —
... Kat O’Brien, in an article for Newsday.com, reports of a bench clearing brawl in the spring training game between the Yankees and Rays today in St. Petersburg. The incident started when Yankees OF Shelley Duncan tried to stretch a single into a double, and barreled into Rays 2B Akinori Iwamura. ...
Yankees, Rays Throw Fisticuffs
YanksBlog.com —
Apparently there was still some bad blood over the collision at the plate the other day that left Francisco Cervelli's wrist broken, and a brawl escalated in today's rematch as Shelley Duncan barreled into second basemen Akinori Iwamura in an apparent retaliation. A brawl ensued and among the three Yankees ejected were Duncan, Kevin Long, and third base coach Bobby Meachem. The game was not on T.V. today so I didn't see it, but God have mercy on Iwamura's soul. Hurts me just to think about it.
Spring Training Fights Are Awesome!
AwfulAnnouncing —
... Duncan escalated the incident by sliding hard into second base, clearing both benches. Play halted for several minutes as the two clubs engaged in shoving, and at least one punch appeared to be thrown. Yes! There's nothing to make a pointless game even more pointless by fighting over a guy who was just trying to make the team. Video to come shortly. Oh and no.....Billy Crystal was not involved. Tempers flare in Yanks-Rays matchup (MLB) (Photo via Newsday)
A spring training brawl! Involving the Yankees! ...
Deadspin —
A spring training brawl! Involving the Yankees! [Newsday]
Through the Looking Glass
Ghostrunner on First —
Quite an eventful day in the tedious build-up to real games. The important stuff is getting close, close enough to taste! An amazing site designed to debunk any and all myths regarding steroids and baseball. Required reading Josh Beckett chooses to gorge himself on Kobe beef at home, forgoes actual trip to Kobe Yankees - Rays go a round of handbags, mimic battle for third in the East this season DJF write something about Reed Johnson on a stall in the boys washroom, NY Post chump reads, posts on facebook ...
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 link): ...
The day the Rays finally became a real MLB franchise
Big League Stew —
... Yet I'm going to say that it wasn't until today's brawl with the Yankees in St. Petersburg that the Rays became a REAL, LIVE major league team. ...
