The Yankees beat the Blue Jays again tonight, but that was only part of the story.
Apparently, there was a little trash going around:
TORONTO (AP) — Alex Rodriguez got hit, and Roger Clemens made sure it didn’t go unanswered.
Rodriguez was hit by a pitch from Toronto’s Josh Towers in the third inning Tuesday night, leading to both benches and bullpens emptying onto the field twice.
Clemens hit Alex Rios in the middle of the back with his first pitch of the seventh, appearing to retaliate for A-Rod getting hit. Clemens and Yankees manager Joe Torre were ejected by plate umpire Angel Hernandez.
Torre came out of the dugout and the Yankees infielders surrounded the entire umpiring crew as Clemens argued with Hernandez before leaving the field. It was the first ejection of the season for Clemens and Torre’s third.
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Towers plunked the Yankees slugger on the knee in the top of the third and Rodriguez immediately took a few steps toward the mound before he was cut off by Hernandez. Jesse Litsch threw behind Rodriguez’s legs in A-Rod’s first at-bat in Monday’s series opener.
The Yankees and Blue Jays spilled out onto the field after Rodriguez was hit. Toronto’s Matt Stairs had to be restrained by New York’s Andy Phillips as he tried to go after A-Rod at first base.
Hey, Canadian dudes, I’m sorry, but you just don’t mess from guys from the Bronx, otherwise, you just get something like this:
After the field cleared and the umpires huddled to discuss the situation, Towers and Rodriguez exchanged words and walked toward each other. Rodriguez said, “You talking to me. You talking to me,” and was restrained by first base coach Tony Pena as both benches and bullpens came back onto the field again.
Or, as Robert DeNiro put it:
Heh.
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August 9th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
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