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March 31, 2006
Red Sox Reliever Julian Tavarez Suspended 10 Days for Brawl
Another Boston Red Sox/Tampa Bay Devil Rays game, another brawl. Even in spring training these two teams can't seem to keep their hands off of each other. During Monday's game Red Sox reliever Julian Tavarez punched Tampa Bay's Joey Gathright in the face after a play at home plate which has resulted in a ten-game suspension which will begin on opening day this Monday. What I can't figure out is why Tavarez punched Gathright in the first place as when the play unfolded Tavarez ended up standing on Gathright's arm. So if anyone should have been angry enough to throw a few punches it seems like it should have been Gathright. Red Sox manager Terry Francona expressed surprise saying,
""I'm a little surprised. I know they didn't have video so I'm not sure what they're going on. ... It seems like a lot."
I'm not sure exactly what he's surprised about unless he figured that Tavarez would get away scot-free if there wasn't much or any video. Tavarez has already been suspended four other times including twice for his role in two different brawls and once for applying a foreign substance to a ball while pitching, i.e. doctoring a ball, i.e. cheating. And Francona is wondering why Major League Baseball came down hard on Tavarez for getting into trouble again?
Posted by silverdsl at March 31, 2006 02:17 PM