MIAMI (AP) -Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon has criticized a $500 fine he received from Major League Baseball for inciting his team’s recent confrontation with the Cleveland Indians.
Maddon said on Sunday that the fine was unjust and denied inciting the situation.
The teams meet again for a four-game series beginning Monday in Cleveland.
The standoff occurred May 17, when the Indians’ Kerry Wood threw behind B.J. Upton, then threw his next pitch inside. Cleveland catcher Victor Martinez, who dodged an inside pitch earlier in the series, got into a shouting match with the Rays’ bench, and both dugouts emptied.
Maddon was the only person who was fined. He spoke before the final game of the Rays’ series at the Florida Marlins in Miami.
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