Yankees blue jays brawl

Yankees blue jays brawl

Yankees blue jays brawl –a drowsy end-of-game between the Blue Jays and the Yankees became an aggressive confusion on Tuesday night, sep 15. An eighth-inning fight featuring Jorge Posada and Toronto pitcher Jesse Carlson turned the region between home plate and the first-base trench into a massive hole in the ground.

After finishing it, Carlson injured and got a cut on his forehead and Yankees manager Joe Girardi had a tiny abrasion on his left ear. Carlson and Posada were expelled suspensions expected to follow — and the Blue Jays went on to a 10-4 victory without facing more incident at Yankee Stadium. The game was broken up for about 10 minutes. When play ran over, there were only three umpires on the field. Third-base umpire and crew chief Derryl Cousins was missing — it wasn’t instantly clear if he got injure during the fight.

The melee started following Posada scored for a double by Brett Gardner and made contact with Carlson behind crossing home plate. The left-hander had thrown at the back Posada previous in the inning, missing him, in perceptible reprisal for a twosome of Blue Jays batters who were hit by pitches before in the game. As he ran earlier period Carlson, he gave him a small shove with his elbow. It was very unsportsmanlike,” plate umpire Jim Joyce told a pool reporter. “It was a contemptible shot.”