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Renewing Hostilities?

When last these two rivals met, Yankee rookie right-hander Joba Chamberlain scaled two blazing fastballs behind the head of the Sox' Kevin Youkilis in the ninth inning on Aug. 30 in a game New York had well in hand.

Chamberlain was tossed from the game and subsequently suspended. The Sox were irate after the game.

But Boston manager Terry Francona said this afternoon he hadn't given any thought to whether the hostilities would carry over to this series, nor, he said, did he think about whether the umpiring crew would talk to each team in advance of tonight's game to defuse any hard feelings that might be lingering.

"I think you get aggravated at the time but then you move on and play ball," said Francona. "I think we're better at (doing) that than (the media)."

-- Steven Krasner

Posted by Steven Krasner  at 4:41 PM | Permalink