red sox are officialy the bad boys of MLB

[sublime]

imagine if pedro still played for them?

for those who dont know, tampa and boston are involved in constant beanball incidents.

gordon edes blog



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For the second straight day, the Red Sox were involved in a bench-clearing incident in a spring training game.

In the top of the eighth, Sox reliever Julian Tavarez threw a punch at Devil Rays outfielder Joey Gathright as he slid into home plate (with Tavarez covering), connecting with a right to the chin.

Tavarez was already irritated at the time, having endured an error behind him and making another error himself.

Here’s how it went down ...

After the two fielding mistakes by the Sox, Tavarez’s first pitch to Julio Lugo was high and tight. With Gathright already on second base, Lugo went on to get a hit, but got caught between first and second.

Recognizing they had Lugo in a pickle, Sox catcher Ken Huckaby ran out toward him while keeping an eye on Gathright, who had moved to third and was partway down the third base line.

Huckaby threw to infielder Zach Borowiak to nab Lugo. When he did, Gathright broke to the plate, forcing Tavarez to cover home. Borowiak threw to Tavarez, Gathright slid, and Tavarez tagged him (Tavarez might have gotten spiked).

Tavarez then connected with a punch, and players rushed the field. Jonathan Papelbon came running out from the bullpen, and he and Papa Jack pulled Gathright out of the scrum.

Devil Rays outfielder Carl Crawford and Gathright were gesturing toward the Sox dugout, but there were no other incidents (though we believe Tavarez was yelling from the dugout).

In the bottom of the eighth, newly acquired Red Sox first baseman Hee-Seop Choi was plunked by Rays pitcher Wayne Franklin, and the umps warned both sides.

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[$_DEADSEXE_$]

lol...hit a player as he's trying to get up...such a bittch move.

[LoaferGee]

haha wtf kind of punch is that? What exactly did gathright do to Tavarez to trigger this?

[$_DEADSEXE_$]

i think he spiked his arm or something as he slid in

[Shafer.]

look who was laughing his ass off from the bench...

[youtalkfunny]

I'm a Red Sox fan, but I don't see any part of this incident to be proud of.

[technologic]

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imagine if pedro still played for them?

for those who dont know, tampa and boston are involved in constant beanball incidents.

gordon edes blog



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For the second straight day, the Red Sox were involved in a bench-clearing incident in a spring training game.

In the top of the eighth, Sox reliever Julian Tavarez threw a punch at Devil Rays outfielder Joey Gathright as he slid into home plate (with Tavarez covering), connecting with a right to the chin.

Tavarez was already irritated at the time, having endured an error behind him and making another error himself.

Here’s how it went down ...

After the two fielding mistakes by the Sox, Tavarez’s first pitch to Julio Lugo was high and tight. With Gathright already on second base, Lugo went on to get a hit, but got caught between first and second.

Recognizing they had Lugo in a pickle, Sox catcher Ken Huckaby ran out toward him while keeping an eye on Gathright, who had moved to third and was partway down the third base line.

Huckaby threw to infielder Zach Borowiak to nab Lugo. When he did, Gathright broke to the plate, forcing Tavarez to cover home. Borowiak threw to Tavarez, Gathright slid, and Tavarez tagged him (Tavarez might have gotten spiked).

Tavarez then connected with a punch, and players rushed the field. Jonathan Papelbon came running out from the bullpen, and he and Papa Jack pulled Gathright out of the scrum.

Devil Rays outfielder Carl Crawford and Gathright were gesturing toward the Sox dugout, but there were no other incidents (though we believe Tavarez was yelling from the dugout).

In the bottom of the eighth, newly acquired Red Sox first baseman Hee-Seop Choi was plunked by Rays pitcher Wayne Franklin, and the umps warned both sides.

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tavarez is a nutjob. i think it was a mistake for boston to get him.

[danvh]

Odd it was tavarez..seems like such a level headed guy.

Waiting for the news he broke something in his hand during this

[banditbdl]

I remember a couple years ago I saw Tavarez acting all crazy when he was playing for the Cardinals in the playoffs and thinking to myself, "Man, he looks like a dude who has been in some knife fights."

[$_DEADSEXE_$]

Yankees vs. Red Sox
Tavarez vs. Farnsworth...should be interesting