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These Boots Were Made For Walkin'

Published Tuesday, March 28, 2006 by Jacob Mann Jones | E-mail this post

These boose were made for walkin'... walkin' all over you...

Red Sox relief pitcher Julian Tavarez may face disciplinary action from Major League Baseball after he took it to the chin, literally, to Joey Gathright of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays yesterday at City of the Palms Park.

Tavarez was covering the plate as Sox catcher Ken Huckaby had the Rays' Julio Lugo in a run-down play as Gathright slid home trying to break up the plate. Julian then stepped on Gathright's left arm to which the Devil Ray took exception to. Joey then placed his arm on Julian's knee and the rest was as they say - sweet chin music - as Tavarez cocked back and took it to Gathright. After a couple of devastating Rocky Marciano-esque blows by Tavarez a pair of Tampa players bodyslammed him to the ground, inducing both dugouts to clear and enter the field of play. Truly a series of events that would have made the WWE's Vincent McMahon drool with envy.

The umpires did a superb job of clearing the filed following the incident. They ultimately ejected both Tavarez and Gathright from the days contest. More bad blood spilled over in the bottom of the eighth as Hee Seop Choi was hit by a pitch. Both teams received a warning from the officials.

This was the second bench clearing incident in as many days, and third within a week, for the Sawx. The American League East just got considerably more interesting as the regular season looms large around the corner.

Spinning around the Sawxsphere:
Rays accuse Tavarez of "sucker punch"
Julian being Julian (a page from Manny's book?)
Fight Club Photos
Tavarez KO's Gathright
Fists Flying in Fort Myers!
D-Rays and Sawx have a history
Last dustup

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