Yankees throw at the Rays, a breakdown

What Happened

The New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays engage in a heated on-field altercation during their game on August 8th. In the first inning, Rays pitcher Yonny Chirinos throws high and tight pitches towards Yankees batters, sparking concerns from the Yankees dugout. Manager Aaron Boone expresses his displeasure and Chirinos is warned by the umpires. Later in the game, Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka retaliates by intentionally hitting Rays outfielder Joey Wendle with a pitch in the first inning. Rays manager Kevin Cash acknowledges that Wendle "took the message" and carried on with the game. However, the tension escalates when Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman throws high and inside pitches to multiple Rays batters in the ninth inning. Cash is visibly upset, believing the Yankees are employing the same strategy the Rays used earlier in the game. Chapman's pitches come perilously close to the batters' heads and the umpires again issue warnings to both teams. Cash expresses his outrage, stating, "We're talking about 100 mile an hour fastballs over a young man's head. It just makes no sense. It's poor judgment, poor coaching and poor teaching." Cash also points out the hypocrisy, noting that three years ago, Rays pitcher Andrew Kittredge threw a pitch near the head of Yankees catcher Austin Romine. Kittredge had previously commented that the pitch was "just baseball" and "not a comfortable feeling" for Romine. Cash acknowledges that the Rays have "a whole damn stable full of guys that throw 98 miles an hour," implying a potential escalation in retaliation. Yankees manager Aaron Boone declines to directly address Cash's comments, stating he has a good relationship with the Rays manager and that they will be ready for the next game. The two teams' rivalry and history of on-field incidents suggest the potential for further conflict in their upcoming matchup. The heated exchange between the teams and the managers' statements highlight the ongoing tensions and the risks of intentional, high-velocity pitches in the game of baseball. Fans and observers will eagerly await the next chapter in this heated divisional rivalry.

the yankees and rey's got into a whole

lot of fun today

this was on august 8th kittridge for the

raise

he's throwing up and in all lucy goosey

now he's not throwing these at the

yankees batters but he's flipping them

over

he's coming high and tight they didn't

like it they complained mostly because

kittridge the guy in the mound throwing

these high-end in fastballs

he's the guy three years ago that threw

at romaine's head

and romine had to get really scared and

then look at the catcher and say

why why me

behind his head scary no one should ever

throw a pitch like that in baseball it's

stupid dumb

and dumb here's what kittridge said

three years ago when this happened

um just baseball you know obviously that

was

a high and tight pitch i mean that's not

a comfortable feeling for him and

um you know it just it is what it is i

guess

so when the yankee saw him throwing it

then boone got all mad he got ejected

everyone got mad they were like i

thought we weren't going to do this

anymore there's a lot of history

so now tanaka steps up and he throws at

joey wendell in the first inning

in my opinion that's as intentional as

it gets and the

rey's thought the same here's what

brussels message i believe that was done

in the first signing with joey we

pretty much let everything go after joey

uh took the message for us

and and did it like a man kind of just

took it

and carried on with the day all right

message received you guys don't want us

to pitch high and in anymore

but then chapman comes in the ninth and

he starts throwing high and in fastballs

to every batter that was the first

batter that was meadows and cash is

getting mad looking around

see then what are they doing they doing

our strategy to us

we don't like it but then they did the

pitch at the head again and that's so

scary and [ __ ] up and just don't do it

brasso actually handled this like a

champ

i mean that that could have done a lot

of scary damage not really

cool in a way the umpires got together

and they issued warnings

right now warning that's it we explain

to you later

into the dugout and now kevin cash wants

to know

you know

not need to happen yeah so then the

yankees win

cash kinda has a point but he also has

his

pitchers throw high in all the time and

has had a pitcher in the past

throw at a guy's head so it's it's all

bad

it's just bad whining about bad

retaliating about bad

and then they start john off the field

here and the only thing you can pick up

from the mics

is a random yankee player saying this

you were throwing at our heads all day

yesterday sounded like voight to me i'm

not sure oh in

comes the bullpen doing their best

baywatch run

but by the time the bullpens get there

everyone decided the game's over anyway

won't we just go to our clubhouse

and then a very angry kevin cash sat

down and he said all of this stuff

it's absolutely ridiculous it was

mishandled by the yankees

certainly the pitcher on the mound it

was handled by the umpires

they hit joey wendell intentionally in

the first inning it was clear as day

chapman comes in he throws three

different balls up and in

i get it they don't like being thrown up

and in but enough's enough

we're talking about 100 mile an hour

fastball over a young man's head

it just it makes no sense it's it's it's

poor

poor judgment poor judgment poor

coaching

it's just poor teaching what they're

doing and what they're allowing to do

the chirping from the dugout i mean

somebody would have to tell me go pull

the numbers who's hit

who more but i can assure you

other than the three years ago there

hasn't been one pitch thrown with intent

from any of our guys period i found that

really interesting that he said that

because he's just

100 admitted that this pitch three years

ago was thrown with intent

and this pitch was thrown at romaine's

head

so you're complaining about the very

thing you did three years ago it's

awesome

that you've grown a little bit and

matured but also a little hypocritical

other than the three years ago there

hasn't been one pitch thrown with intent

from any of our guys period

somebody's got to be accountable and the

last thing i'll say on it

is i got a whole damn stable full of

guys that throw 98 miles an hour

period damn stable of pitchers that

throw 98 miles an hour

just you know what do you what do you

make of that what's your reaction

well that's that's pretty scary comments

um yeah i don't

i mean i don't think that's right at all

but i'm not going to get into it

right now i i don't know where you're

going with this i i i'm not going to get

into this

i mean

cash and i have a good relationship and

if we need to talk about things we will

you know sounds like they're going to

try to throw at us tomorrow um

you know we'll be ready so strap in and

tune in for tomorrow night

raise yankees hopefully it's a close

game and no one feels like they can just

throw at someone for no reason

because it's a blowout and hopefully

there's none at any hits

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