Thank you Duncan, you gave me another reason to hate the Yankees

Shelly Duncan and Joe Girardi are Bush League punks. Even Don Zimmer will tell you.

Bring on the regular season!! Manny Stiles has got to be loving this!!!

Its called protecting your teammates and your reputation, ladies. And you retaliate at the first opportunity so the opponent doesn't get cocky. A Rays player hurts a Yankee with a questionable slide now Duncan's slide is getting questioned?

Firstly, I must say that the Yankees (at least the ones who think that the game was "unfair") should start to grow up. That play at the plate that injured Cervelli was not intentionally. You are allowed to do that, so a Rays player took advantage of that. And this thing about being rough in Spring Training, that is complete crap. If you're not going to give it your all in any game where there's competition, get the FACK off the field, because there are a lot more players who work hard and are more willing to play on a Major League team than you... day in and day out, whether it's regular season, spring training, or in the offseason.

Secondly, I feel extremely sorry for Yankees' prospect Francisco Cervelli. I hope that he isn't injured for the entire season. It sucks to see something like this happen, especially in a regular season game... but I guess you have to suffer the consequences every time you step onto that field.

Thirdly, I love Jonny Gomes. Standing up for your players is definitely a great characteristic, which is exactly why I liked V-tek a lot more when he stood up for Bronson Arroyo in 2004 (we all know what happened there); it's what a teammate (especially a captain) is supposed to do.

I have absolutely no problem with what Duncan did. It was retaliation for the play at the plate last week. You don't ruin a guy's season in Spring Training. You just don't. That's baseball etiquette. The entire Rays organization was unapologetic over it.