Filed under: New York, Yankees, Rays, AL East, Tampa Bay
After yesterday's Yankees-Rays game devolved into a brawl thanks to
Shelley Duncan's hard slide,
Joe Girardi was
asked if he thought it was a dirty play. He said he wanted to watch a replay but would speak to Duncan if he thought the slide, which drew blood from
Akinori Iwamura's leg, was dirty.
Well, Girardi spoke to Duncan before today's game with the Pirates, Billy Crystal
started at DH in place of Duncan, so that should tell you what he thought. Duncan wouldn't reveal the content of that conversation but he did express
his ongoing confusion about why things escalated so quickly.
"I saw it a couple times. I still don't understand why they were as upset as they were."
Shelley, I'm guessing it was because you tried as hard as you could to injure one of their teammates. Your reason for it, I'm assuming it was the home plate collision heard around the world, doesn't much matter and you should hope your teammates do the same thing if someone takes such a cheap shot at you. While it wasn't "borderline criminal" as Rays manager Joe Maddon claimed, it was a dirty play and I imagine that Girardi told you not to do it again.
Duncan will likely be suspended and
MLB told Peter Abraham that any suspensions will be served during the regular season.
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